Hall of Shame
Recently I’ve run across online incorporation / LLC formation / corporate compliance services that, for a variety of reasons, I consider inadequate. The services, listed alphabetically, and the first paragraph of the posts describing their inadequacies, are listed below in what I like to call a Hall of Shame:
- Compliance Services – If you form a corporation, the Postal Service soon will inundate you with official-looking forms from companies offering to create or file corporate documents on your behalf. Earlier this week I rescued a client from one of these unnecessary companies, Compliance Services. Read more…
- FreeRegisteredAgent.com – I’ve run across another online incorporation / LLC formation service – FreeRegisteredAgent.com – with deficiencies that I must bring to readers’ attention. There now are enough of these companies that I have listed them on my new Hall of Shame page. Read more…
- Rocket Lawyer – I have decided to start identifying by name online providers who, in my opinion, have delivered inadequate service to my clients. (The clients used those providers before retaining me.) The inadequate provider referenced, below, in this post is Rocket Lawyer, which has been added to the Hall of Shame page. Read more…
- The Company Corporation – I have not been a big fan of online incorporation and LLC formation services. (See, e.g., Forming an LLC Online: You Get What You Pay For.) However, the way a client recently was treated by one of these services – The Company Corporation – convinces me that it is time to expose their shortcomings and add them to the Hall of Shame page. Read more…
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Dana Shultz is a business-savvy lawyer located in Northern California's San Francisco Bay Area (in the East Bay, near Oakland) who has in-depth knowledge of law, business, technology, and the needs of startup and early-stage companies.
This Hall of Shame is really a good idea. There are so many non-lawyer web sites that misrepresent the services they offer, and imply that their services are equivalent to a service from a law firm, when it is not. These sites state explicitly state that you can save hundreds or thousands of dollars if you avoid using an attorney, but this is like comparing apples and oranges.
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keep up the good work!
Keepnupbthe good work.