Medical professionals often do not think of themselves as service providers who must market to consumers. There is an assumption that there is a built-in client base because people always need healthcare support. However, older healthcare professionals in particular...
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How to find the person behind a Gmail account
The internet is a strange place. It can feel both incredibly large and incredibly small – sometimes all at once. This is especially true when you’re being targeted online by someone online through cyberstalking, defamatory social media posts, revenge posts against...
Why your business can’t ignore bad reviews left by competitors
The more successful your company becomes, the more likely your competitors are to resent that success. It is unfortunately somewhat common for thriving businesses to face unreasonable behavior from competitors who aren't as successful. Those angry about a business's...
Paul Sternberg, a Defamation Attorney from Houston, TX explains what Section 230 is, why lawmakers want to repeal it, and what that means for all of us
Houston, Texas attorney Paul Sternberg has spent decades helping local clients overcome their legal battles, especially those threatened or harmed by online defamation attacks. The internet allows a lot of anonymity which is often taken advantage of in a negative way. Which may be one reason that policy makers are thinking about dismantling one of the most important internet Laws,…
Paul Sternberg Talks About Section 230 and the Possible Changes at a Continuing Education Event for the New York Attorney Generals Office
Though most people have most likely never heard of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (passed in 1996), the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls it “the most important law protecting internet speech.” Section 230 essentially provides immunity for website platforms from third-party content, saying that an “interactive computer service” can’t be treated as the publisher or speaker of third-party content…
Defamation Attorney Paul Sternberg Interviewed by The Times-Standard About Legal Recourse for Bad Reviews
Houston, TX / The Times-Standard has been the North Coast’s daily newspaper for over a century and a half. They recently ran an article on receiving bad reviews as a business and whether or not there were any legal precedents for pursuing defamation in those cases. They interviewed defamation attorney Paul Sternberg as their legal expert. Paul Sternberg is a…