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I don't get it. The startup in the example paid a lawyer for advice, and that lawyer didn't have his own good templates to use for this stuff, and just charge the bare minimum for the minimum amount of time?

Sounds like they picked an inappropriate small-town non-startup lawyer. That's a way bigger problem than the legal zoom documents.

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Yes it is strange. I felt the article also showed how simply getting a lawyer might not work out for you either.

You have to pay attention, had anyone been paying attention either at the legalzoom review/selection, lawyer selection, lawyer review or combination of both at all they might have been fine.

Having one lawyer all the way through is nice but that rarely happens in reality probably. Somewhere someone has to pay attention, legalzoom usage or with a lawyer.

Mistakes can obviously be made at any level, the best advice from this is probably get multiple lawyers but I am sure that is what the law firm blog wants you to do.

Correct: there are lots of ways to mess up. LegalZoom is just one new way.

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