Law Technology

Legal Documents from Real Deals

By Andrew Flusche

If you need a legal document, you’re best option is to call an attorney. But what if you can’t afford to hire one?

RealDealDocs provides a searchable database of millions of legal documents. They claim to get the documents from public company filings, index them, and put them on their website.

From what I can see, this site is similar to other stock document websites. But RealDealDocs charges a single membership fee, and then you can retrieve all the documents that you want. Membership costs $67 per month, or you can enter an annual agreement for $47 per month.

Most of the documents I see are for business deals and transactions. They have a litigation category, but most of the other categories center on business issues.

The big problem I see with RealDealDocs is that the site isn’t very interactive. Their competitor document sites allow users to upload, rate, and share documents. This site is locked down where users can only search and download documents.

I don’t think consumers will find RealDealDocs extremely useful. That’s a good thing, since consumers are better off seeking help from a qualified attorney. It’s dangerous to think that you can copy and paste a document to use for your own needs. While document sharing sites are useful, you should only use them with a grain of salt.

This is a sponsored post, but these are my honest opinions.

Full post as published by Legal Andrew on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).