Agreement reached in Mo. suit against LegalZoom

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A proposed settlement has been reached in a lawsuit by Missouri residents against LegalZoom Inc., the online vendor of legal forms and documents.

Trial of the class-action lawsuit had been scheduled to start Monday in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City.

But California-based LegalZoom released a statement Monday announcing the agreement in principle to settle the lawsuit. LegalZoom says it contains no admission of wrongdoing and lets the company continue offering services to Missourians with certain changes.

The original plaintiffs were a Missouri resident who used LegalZoom to prepare a will, and two others who used it to organize a remodeling business. They sought three times what they spent for legal documents.

An attorney for the plaintiffs said only that the settlement involves compensation for Missouri customers and changes to how LegalZoom operates.