Much to the chagrin of my law firm, I often encourage people not to take legal action when they are defamed on an online review site.  The issue has become more prevalent as consumers (or is it possibly competitors or people with personal vendettas) spew their ire negatively rating doctors and other professionals who only … Continue Reading

If Google Instant or Google Suggest adds “is a scam” to the search inquiry for you or your company, can you sue?  This is something I had not thought about until I sat in an SMX West presentation by Avi Wolensky of Promediacorp.  He told the story of a neighborhood retailer who had good SEO and organic … Continue Reading

Quizno’s ran a contest asking for its loyal sandwich eaters to send in their own videos comparing Quizno’s sandwiches to Subway’s through its contest website previously found at www.meatnomeat.com.  As you can tell from the domain name, Quizno’s had a position on the “debate.” 
Subway, having at least some meat in its sandwiches, sued under the Lanham … Continue Reading

You may remember the uproar or you may have even seen the video.  It’s at the bottom of this post.   In the video, a man is shooting at some dogs in a field as an onlooker videos the episode and gasps.  The video went viral and the man on the video was heavily criticized on the likes of CNN … Continue Reading

Being a lawyer can take all of the fun out things sometimes.  Someone forwarded me a link to an interesting and humorous site–http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/.  It shows pictures with captions of people in a not so flattering way while at Wal-Mart. 
Rather than just enjoying pictures of “my fellow” Americans, I had to look into it more.  The site … Continue Reading