The state’s unauthorized practice case against bankrupt debt collection company Orion Processing is rolling forward, albeit very slowly.

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Representatives of LegalZoom.com, a popular self-help legal website, and the North Carolina State Bar cannot seem to agree on the ramifications of a pending bill that would tweak the statutory definition of what it means to practice law in this state, despite the fact that both camps had a hand in crafting the legislation.

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The number of the week is $5.4 million. That’s how much slippery businessman Derin Scott appears to have paid himself from his embattled debt settlement company, Orion Processing, before filing for bankruptcy in the midst of litigation with the North Carolina State Bar and state attorney general.

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World Law South, the debt settlement company that has been facing off against the North Carolina State Bar over allegations that it is engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, is no more.

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LegalZoom wants a jury to decide whether its business model is legal, and a recent Business Court ruling puts the company one step closer to getting what it wants.

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Livingston v. Bakewell (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-16-0133, 16 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Donald W. Stephens, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where the disciplinary action against the plaintiff-attorney resulted in an admonition against him for the ...

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By now, LegalZoom has gotten used to fending off allegations that it is practicing law without a license. But this might be the first time that the company has been accused of hurting African orphans, many of whom have AIDS. ...

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John Rosemond has been dispensing parenting advice in his newspaper column since 1976, making him one of the longest-running syndicated columnists in the country. But some Kentucky authorities want to put him in a time out.

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