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Article: Justice of the PC. (personal computer, Hyatt Legal Services' Home Lawyer computer software)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 14, 1990
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JUST as H&R Block has upset American accountants by providing cheap tax advice for the middle-class masses, can lawyers by doing the same for legal advice. Undeterred by lawyers' grumbles about its services and its aggressive advertising, Hyatt has gone a provocative step further. As well as providing over, the-counter legal advice to clients who walk into its 160-odd offices at shopping centres around the country, it is marketing a software package that gives owners of personal computers direct access to legal assistance.
Home Lawyer is being sold through Egghead Discount Software, a chain of shops set up for people "who didn't know the difference between a ...