SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LawTalk, an online service that connects clients and lawyers, is in trouble, after continued disputes with bar associations have led to a plunging number of members, hurting profitability. Industry sources said that Law&Company, operator of the mobile legal service app, has begun accepting voluntary retirement from employees, aiming to [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the lawyers’ code of conduct banning them from joining online legal counseling platforms, such as LawTalk, is unconstitutional, a decision expected to bring sweeping changes to how law is practiced in South Korea. The ruling is in favor of 60 lawyers and Law&Company, [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office dismissed accusations on Wednesday that popular legal counseling application LawTalk and its operator Law & Company Co. violated the Attorney-at-law Act and the Privacy Act. The prosecutors’ office deemed it unreasonable to believe that LawTalk’s method of operation, in which it does not [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Bar Association (KBA) launched the operation of its own legal counseling platform after conflict with the private legal counseling application LawTalk. The KBA and the Seoul Bar Association announced on Wednesday that their lawyer information center ‘My Lawyer’ launched a beta service on Feb. 28 and will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Bar Association (KBA) is planning to launch an online legal counseling platform as an alternative to private mobile applications that offer paid legal services, sources said Friday. They said the association has recently formed a task force, jointly with the Seoul Bar Association, to open such a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Bar Association (KBA) began an investigation into its lawyer members over the use of a popular legal counseling application, as a new rule banning its members from offering legal aid on the online service went into effect Thursday. “In accordance with the revision in the Code of [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — When 33-year-old Jeong got into a dispute with his company over working conditions last year, he downloaded an app on his phone to find a lawyer. He searched for labor law, which gave him a long list of lawyers. “I eventually chose one and got legal counsel for around [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Judicial groups and legal platforms are edging towards an all-out dispute. The Korean Bar Association (KBA) held a board meeting early this month, deciding to ban lawyers from joining promotion platforms starting in August. Those who violate the decision will be penalized. LawTalk, South Korea’s leading promotion platform for [...]