A recent Florida appellate decision may give hope to lawyers who want to deter dissatisfied clients from posting nasty comments about them online.
Demonstratively false allegations of dishonesty a former client made in online reviews of a divorce attorney were held not protected by the First Amendment, and the client and her husband must pay the lawyer $350,000 for defaming her, according to a Jan. 6 decision of the Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (Blake v. Ann-Marie Giustibelli, P.A., 2016 BL 1940, Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 4th Dist., 4AD14-3231, 1/6/16).
The six-figure defamation judgment for attorney ...
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