The Rise of Alternative Legal Service Providers in Latin America

In this Strategies LIVE! Bernardo van der Laat, Managing Director at Predictabill, joins Andrés Jara and Donald Dubón to discuss the rise of alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) and their impact on the legal industry — particularly in Latin America. They highlight the benefits and challenges, and how ALSPs can complement traditional law firms.

ALSPs in 2023: are they as disruptive as you think?

For some years now, the legal sector has been talking about Alternative Legal Services Providers (ALSPS) and their impact on the way in which legal services are provided. In the context of this discussion, it is recurrent to question whether or not these providers have been as disruptive as they are believed to be. Spoiler: […]

Simplified Informative Income Tax Return

The Tax Authorities established, by means of ruling DGT-R-075-2019, that companies registered under the category “legally incorporated legal entity” (inactive/holding companies) must file the Simplified Income Tax return (Simplified Form D-101) for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 before March 15th, 2022. The tax return will include information related to cash, temporary investments, collectable accounts, ownership […]

New e-commerce platform changes the way legal services are offered

The digitalization of the economy has inspired professionals to find new ways to offer their services and PredictaBill is no exception, launching an innovative e-commerce platform where day-to-day legal counsel is just a click away.  PredictaBill is born of a transformation process that has been taking place in the legal sector for some years now, […]

The application of the QR Code to access commercial premises is temporarily suspended

The Contentious Administrative Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of San José issued a precautionary measure that provisionally suspends the use of the QR Code for vaccination to enter commercial establishments. Additionally, the resolution orders the authorities to refrain from any future conduct tending to the implementation of the QR code until the legality of […]