LegalMatch, an online company that connects people with legal problems to lawyers who have a subscription, does operate as a lawyer referral service, a California appeals court ruled, reversing a lower court’s finding in a suit brought against an attorney and former member of the site.
LegalMatch sued Dorian Jackson after he allegedly failed to pay his service subscription fees. Jackson alleged the company was operating as an uncertified lawyer referral service, which would invalidate the contract and the charge. The lower court found it wasn’t such a service because LegalMatch didn’t exercise judgment on its clients’ legal issues.
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