Internet Brands, one of the world’s largest operators of websites that serve targeted vertical markets, this week widened its footprint in the legal industry with the purchase of the law practice management and marketing site Total Attorneys.
Internet Brands already operates the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer directory; the Nolo legal self-help site; and the Lawyers.com, AllLaw and AttorneyLocate.com sites for helping consumers find lawyers and legal information. (Internet Brands operates Martindale.com, Lawyers.com and Nolo through a joint venture with LexisNexis Legal & Professional.)
Internet Brands also operates branded consumer websites for automotive, home and travel, health, and a variety of more narrow categories. One of its sites, Model Mayhem, was in the news this week after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside its earlier ruling allowing a woman to sue the site for failing to warn her that known rapists were using it to find victims.
