When people take to Facebook or other social media outlets to post about neighborhood crime, whether suspected or confirmed, it may seem fairly harmless. In fact, most people post this type of thing with the good intent of warning others who might be affected....
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What turns a negative review into defamation?
Negative reviews are an unfortunate part of doing business online. They happen to almost all companies and products. These reviews can be highly damaging to a company’s reputation. Products that even get a few negative reviews may be very difficult to sell. Business...
You and the Law
When a Customer Has a Gun to Your Head By: Dennis Beaver, Attorney at Law Over the many years writing this column, I’ve listened to thousands of reader’s complaints about customer service, believing they had not received what they had paid for. Most were acting in...
How to effectively deal with the cancel culture
Attorney Paul Sternberg, an internet defamation attorney out of Houston, TX weighs in on cancel culture and social media. Cancel culture is the removal or "canceling" of a person, organization, product, or brand due to an issue that a group disapproves of or finds...
Can you stop someone from sharing your private images online?
If you are like most people using the internet for socialization and career development, you are probably quite cautious regarding what you share online with others. You may have different filters that allow you to control who sees certain content, or you may lock...
What People Need to Understand Section 230 Before Supporting Reform
As an internet defamation attorney, I’d like to weigh in on the risks of supporting the repeal of Section 230 without knowing the ins and outs of the law and who would be affected. It’s shocking how many people advocate for Section 230 reforms without clear knowledge of how it works. What’s even more surprising is when experts try to…
The Best Way to Handle Negative Online Reviews
In the digital world we live in, a defamatory review can seriously harm any business. In my recent interview for Chicago Agent Magazine, Opinions are not defamatory, but facts are: How to fight back against a bad online review, I discuss this topic as it applies to Real Estate Agents. However, any entrepreneur or small business can be hurt by…
Paul Sternberg Discusses How a Brief Internet Law Could Affect Online Speech Around the Globe
Attorney Paul Sternberg recently discussed how a 26-word-long law could affect how people around the world express themselves online. Many laws set into place in the United States affect the entire world. Attorney Paul Sternberg explained that potential changes to a U.S. internet law could cause harm to digital speech around the globe. Sternberg explained that this altered legislation could…
Paul Sternberg Offers Continuing Legal Education Classes in Unique Field of Internet Defamation
Houston attorney, Paul Sternberg, focuses his practice on the areas of Internet defamation law and business law. In addition to representing private clients who have been victims of defamatory cyber-attacks for more than 10 years, he is the author of The Guide to Internet Defamation and Website Removal and Defamation and Website Removal for Bullied Students. Most consider Sternberg an…
Paul Sternberg Interviewed by USPoker.com Over Poker Controversy
The dust had just settled around the Mike Postle cardroom controversy after a recent dismissal of the case when Postle filed a defamation lawsuit against several other poker players and publications. The controversy began when Veronica Brill, a professional poker player, spoke up about Postle’s alleged cheating during the Stones Gambling Hall “Stones Live” cash game stream (September 2019). Several…