If you purchased a legal document or legal document assistant service from LegalZoom.com between September 15, 2005 and June 16, 2011, you may be entitled to benefits under a class action settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against LegalZoom.com, Inc.(“LegalZoom.com” or “Defendant”) pending in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (styled Katherine Webster v. LegalZoom.com, Inc., Class Action Case No. BC438637) alleging, among other things, that LegalZoom’s website and advertising contain statements that are misleading and over-promise what LegalZoom will deliver to its customers including the alleged unauthorized practice of law and claims that LegalZoom failed to comply with the California Legal Document Assistant Act; California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act; the California Unfair Competition Law; California Welfare and Institutions Code § 15610.30; and the common law, according to the LegalZoom.com class action settlement notice.
You are reportedly a LegalZoom.com Class Member if you purchased a legal document or legal document assistant service from LegalZoom from 9/15/2005 through 6/16/2011. The following categories of individuals are excluded from the Class: LegalZoom and its parents, affiliates, successors, predecessors, employees, officers, and directors, individuals who validly request exclusion from the Class, and individuals who are included on certain government lists of known or suspected terrorists and other individuals, entities and organizations of concern.
If the LegalZoom Settlement is approved by the Court, LegalZoom Class Members will be able to claim economic benefits consisting of sixty (60) free days of enrollment in LegalZoom’s Legal Advantage Plus program (for individuals) or Business Advantage Pro program (for businesses) (“Programs”). Enrollment includes the opportunity to consult by telephone with an attorney for free on matters of the LegalZoom.com settlement class member’s choosing (including the document he or she or it prepared using LegalZoom). Instead of free enrollment in the Programs, LegalZoom.com settlement Class Members who asked for but did not receive a refund from LegalZoom may be eligible to claim a payment of up to $100. In addition, LegalZoom has agreed to pay all notice and administrative costs for the Settlement, as well as attorneys’ fees and expenses for the Class. LegalZoom must also reportedly implement certain business practices within sixty (60) days of the date on which the Settlement becomes final.
On April 5, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., a hearing will be held before the Honorable William F. Highberger, Judge of the Superior Court, in Courtroom 307, Central Civil West Courthouse, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 600 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90005 for the Court to decide: (a) whether the Class was properly certified; (b) whether the proposed LegalZoom.com class action settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate and should be approved; (c) whether to approve Class Counsel’s application for attorneys’ fees and expenses; (d) whether to approve the application for a service award for the Class Representative; and (e) whether the LegalZoom.com lawsuit should be dismissed with prejudice.
For more information on the LegalZoom.com class action lawsuit settlement, call the settlement administrator at 1-888-928-8088 or visit the Webster v. LegalZoom.com settlement website:
www.ldalitigation.com
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I paid this company $167.00 to copyright a book. I since have learned how to do it myself. After more than two years, as I recieved my certificates, I went for a search and they had never submitted my book. They say satisfaction guaranteed but they do not stand behind it. When I question them, they direct me to copyright.gov which is where I did my own filingl *I was new to the copyright world and th0ught they would be the best. Forget about it. I am now out $35.00 to do it myself and the worst part is, the book has been my best seller.
They put me at risk of having someone else claim my work. I am MAD.
I just want a full refund from them but they keep telling me falsehoods.
Evil Legal Zoom! After hiring them, they had my credit card information- so they enrolled me without my knowing in some “program” I never asked for. 29.99 a month for 11 months. I caught it this month called them, they agreed that they were in the wrong and refunded 5 of the 11 months. My bank says that I should be happy because that is much then what the LAW can do for me.
For some reason I am not happy.