Prof. Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log has the small print, about MillerKing, LLC v. DoNotPay, Inc. (S.D. Unwell. 2023). An excerpt:
DoNotPay is a web based subscription service that touts its potential to permit shoppers to “[f]ight corporations, beat bureaucracy and sue anyone at the press of a button” and payments itself as “The World’s First Robot Lawyer,” providing authorized companies “related to marriage annulment, speeding ticket appeals, canceling timeshares, breaking leases, breach of contract disputes, defamation demand letters, copyright protection, child support payments, restraining orders, revocable living trusts, and standardized legal documents.” However DNP is not truly licensed to observe regulation.
MillerKing, a small Chicago regulation agency that claims to be a direct competitor of DNP, sued DNP for false affiliation and false promoting underneath the Lanham Act and Illinois state regulation. Together with state client safety claims, MK alleged that DNP was engaged within the illegal observe of regulation underneath Illinois regulation. (The false affiliation declare was primarily based on the speculation that buyers are misled to consider that DNP is affiliated with licensed attorneys and that State bar authorities approve of or sponsor DNP’s companies.) …