Beware lawyers: Web 2.0 brings out same crazies as Web 1.0

You know things are getting out of hand when you receive stock emails like this from people afraid to use their name. With my commentary added parenthetically.

Hello Sir,

We are a newly launched Internet startup called SueEasy.com (name ought to offend public and lawyers equally). Right now (missed the ‘we’) have cases pertaining to Family Law, from Little Rock, AR (Wow! That’s broad coverage). SueEasy aims to be the Youtube and Facebook for the litigation industry (that’s right you’ll become ubiquitous and be acquired for $1 billion).

With hundreds of potential cases being filed everyday on our website, SueEasy.com is a great place to get more clients (never heard of one lawyer mentioning service). SueEasy has been featured on the Wall Street Journal (WSJ law blog asked if readers saw ethical problems with service) and was a Techcrunch 40 winner in 2007 (Techcrunch predicted it would become a breeding ground for personal-injury lawsuits). The service is completely free for both lawyers and litigants.

www.sueeasy.com

There’s crazies running free of asylums. Their business will go to dust when the hysteria of what’s being labeled Web 2.0 dies down.

Please do not spend a lot of time evaluating whether your law firm should sign up for all the wacky services you hear of.