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I wouldn't hold my breath on law being disrupted, they are quite happy the way they are thank you very much.
by shard972 7y ago
I wouldn't hold my breath on law being disrupted, they are quite happy the way they are thank you very much.
- Sabinus 7y agoYou don't need the permission of encumbants to disrupt their industry. You just take their customers.
- chii 7y agoCept as lawyers, they are in an exceptional position to sue you, as this is their battle ground, unlike taxi drivers or renters.
- owenmarshall 7y agoThe legal industry - an explicit manifestation of state power - will require a great deal of guns and soldiers to disrupt.
- patentatt 7y agoIt’s much less the “state” as in the government than the state bar associations and such. They’re guilds, essentially, and quite protectionist ones at that.
- pkilgore 7y agoIt's like Uber, except we take on massive liability for each thing we do because by law we have to. /s This company is about the closest I've seen to disrupting anything so far. https://www.legalpad.io https://www.legalpad.io My experience and observable reality show that it's hard. There's a reason even the techiest of companies still pay an army of lawyers in house and still go to the best firms for major transactions and disputes: