Jay Mandal, the former lead mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer for Apple (AAPL), thinks he can help. He quit his lucrative corporate gig in 2009 to found LawPivot, a Q&A website that matches cash-sensitive startups with the lawyers who might be able to help them. Companies visit the site and pose questions, such as whether they need to trademark a brand or how to minimize liability from negative user reviews.
Behind the scenes, LawPivot’s algorithms funnel the questions to its roster of lawyers based on expertise and quality of past responses. For now, companies can ask three questions per month for free, though LawPivot plans to charge a subscription fee of $80 a month.
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