Nolo.com and Epoch, the Leading U.S. & British Consumer Law Sites, Form Strategic Alliance To Improve Legal Access.Business EditorsBERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001 Top Self-Help Redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action Without Recourse to legal proceedings. Self-help is a term in the law that describes corrective or preventive measures taken by a private citizen. Legal Content Provider Licenses Rapidocs Document Assembly Technology Nolo.com, the premier publisher of self-help law products and the nation's most popular legal information Website, has entered into a strategic alliance with Epoch Software, Plc., the developer of Rapidocs, the first web-enabled document assembly system. Epoch, also the publisher of http://www.desktoplawyer.co.uk, the United Kingdom's top self-help legal Website, handled more than 6 percent of that nation's divorces electronically soon after the site was launched. While many legal start-ups are downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing or floundering, Nolo, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and Epoch, are both expanding, as well as combining forces to take advantage to the nearly $1 billion dollar self-help legal market. The combination of Nolo's trusted content with Rapidocs technology will enable Nolo.com users to create their own complex legal documents over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the without the aid of a lawyer. Richard Granat, an attorney and President of Epoch's U.S. operations (Epoch Software, Inc, Baltimore, MD) described the alliance as follows: "We plan to marry Nolo's award-winning legal content with our state-of-the art, web-based document automation technology to enable millions of Americans to accomplish routine legal tasks over the Internet without incurring in·cur tr.v. in·curred, in·cur·ring, in·curs 1. To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain: incurred substantial losses during the stock market crash. 2. expensive legal fees." Founded in 1971, Nolo publishes over 500 self-help law products including books, software and web-enabled legal forms. Its best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best products include WillMaker, Patent It Yourself, How To File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most an Every Tenant's Legal Guide. Ralph Warner, Nolo's co-founder and Executive Publisher, said: "For 30 years, Nolo has worked to provide ordinary Americans access to quality legal information through our books and software. The Rapidocs technology will enable Nolo to speed up our efforts to truly mass produce legal solutions at an affordable price. Most people can't afford to pay lawyers upwards of $200 an hour; now Nolo and Epoch will offer an affordable, web-based alternative." Among the legal areas that Nolo and Epoch have targeted for the immediate development of interactive legal solutions are small business, estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the , real estate, divorce, and bankruptcy. As part of the alliance, Epoch, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , has a made a strategic investment in Nolo. |
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