Another Doctor Learns Why It’s Unwise to Sue Patients
…to impose gag contracts on patients. That practice largely stopped in 2011 in the medical community when Medical Justice reversed course and stopped encouraging doctors to use gag contracts; and…
Form “Non-Disparagement” Clause Violated Consumer Review Fairness Act–State v. Ideal Horizon Benefits
…Reviews of Physicians The leader of the “gag your consumers’ reviews” bandwagon was Medical Justice, and the CRFA squarely targeted its practices. See my extensive blog coverage of Medical Justice….
New Paper Announcement: “Copyright’s Memory Hole”
…512 make appearances, as well as writeups of blog-favorite topics like Medical Justice, Scott v. WorldStarHipHop, Katz v. Chevaldina, Small Justice v. Xcentric, Garcia v. Google, anti-SLAPP laws, and much…
2H 2017 & Q1 2018 Quick Links, Part 3: Section 230, Consumer Reviews
…combat the problem by opening the floodgates to all commenters…. Segal, who also founded Medical Justice, a firm that helps doctors deter frivolous malpractice suits, is among many doctors who…
First Circuit Rejects Copyright Workaround to Section 230–Small Justice v. Ripoff Report
…between copyright and reputation management. Goren didn’t want copyright ownership to “promote the progress of science.” Like the doctors in Medical Justice’s decrepit program to pre-acquire the copyrights to unwritten…
Congress May Crack Down On Businesses’ Efforts To Ban Consumer Reviews (Forbes Cross-Post)
…trick popularized by Medical Justice, while the federal law doesn’t clearly provide for any consumer recourse or any financial penalties for businesses that violate the restrictions. The federal bill has…
California Tells Businesses: Stop Trying To Ban Consumer Reviews (Forbes Cross-Post)
…notorious was the scheme by Medical Justice that helped doctors get their patients to assign the copyright in unwritten reviews. Unfortunately, the statute doesn’t directly address this situation, and arguably…
Fining Customers For Negative Online Reviews Isn’t New…Or Smart (Forbes Cross-Post)
…believe that over 1 million Americans signed some variation of Medical Justice’s form contract. In 2011, Medical Justice “retired” its form and advised doctors and dentists to stop using it….
In Its “Innocence of Muslims” Ruling, the Ninth Circuit is Guilty of Judicial Activism–Garcia v. Google
…well as it does, or how plaintiffs are chomping at the bit to use copyright to work around it (e.g., Medical Justice’s depraved scheme, the Goren case, Scott v. WorldStarHipHop…
How Doctors Should Respond To Negative Online Reviews (Forbes Cross-Post)
…to stop using Medical Justice’s anti-review form. In one case where a doctor threatened to enforce the Medical Justice form against a patient, the patient instead preemptively sued the doctor….