Content that is defamatory, damaging, private, infringing, or otherwise unlawful can be removed from social media. There are a variety of tactics, both legal and non-legal, that are effective in securing the removal of harmful content. In the age of cancel culture,...
Articles
How Anti-SLAPP Statues & Retraction Demand Laws Affect Defamation Lawsuits
Before filing an internet defamation lawsuit, a plaintiff should consider the Anti-SLAPP statutes and retraction laws of the state or states where the defamation occurred. Because each state has different laws, these considerations are important to analyze when...
New OSHA Guidance for COVID-19: Healthcare Workers and Other At-Risk Employees
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new emergency temporary standard to set workplace safety rules for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, OSHA released new general workplace guidance for unvaccinated or...
7 Steps For Creating A Long-Distance Caregiving Plan
Many families live apart and rely on travel to visit and maintain relationships. As parents and grandparents age, this distance creates some unique challenges when those loved ones require more care. We work with many families with this dynamic and these strategies...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against NCAA with Kavanaugh Taking it a Step Further
Samir Dahman discusses the Alston case with 97.1 The Fan: Listen Here. The NCAA lost 9-0 against college athletes at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in a predictable outcome given the one-sided nature of the oral argument. In short, the High Court held that NCAA...
Reputation Management Tactics: PR vs. Online Reputation Management vs. Content Removal
A Holistic Approach to Addressing Online Attacks In this series on reputation management, we have previously discussed online defamation, revenge porn, and how to handle online attacks by an anonymous person. In this article, we will discuss the various tactics that...
SBA Will Make PPP Loans Public in 2021
In a recent interview with The Business Journals, the SBA stated that it plans to make details of PPP loans public, in alignment with the U.S. District Court’s ruling last November. SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman stated in the interview that “There is no intent to...
Helping your Company Stay “Organized:” Updating Organizational Documents under the Revised Ohio Limited Liability Company Act
An LLC should run like a reliable car—without hitches and hiccups that could interrupt business and put company assets at risk. Maintenance and fine-tuning of an LLC’s organizational form should also be as routine as car maintenance. As such, it is important to check...
Fighting Defamation: How Law Firms Identify Anonymous Internet Users
Finding negative online content about yourself is extremely distressing. This effect can be amplified if you don’t know the identity of the person targeting you. The internet has made it easy for anonymous internet users to voice their grievances through the use of...
Ransomware Warning: White House Issues Advisory to Business Leaders
In the wake of the highly publicized attacks on both gasoline and food infrastructures by Russian-based ransomware attackers, the Biden administration on June 3 issued an advisory to business leaders directing them to take action to harden their systems against...