December 03, 2008

Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz v. Maura Larkins (letter)

Posted January 21st, 2008 by Jill Button

Summary

Threat Type: Correspondence	Date: 08/06/2007
Status: Concluded	Location: California
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed	Verdict/Settlement Amount: n/a
Legal Claims: Defamation
The law firm of Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz (SASH) sent a cease and desist letter to Maura Larkins on August 6, 2007 demanding that she remove allegedly defamatory statements she made about the firm from her website, the ... read full description

Parties

Party Issuing Legal Threat:	Party Receiving Legal Threat:
Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz, APC	Maura Larkins
Type of Party:	Type of Party:
Organization	Individual
Location of Party:	Location of Party:
California; Nevada	California
Legal Counsel:	Legal Counsel:

Description

The law firm of Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz (SASH) sent a cease and desist letter to Maura Larkins on August 6, 2007 demanding that she remove allegedly defamatory statements she made about the firm from her website, the San Diego Education Report.

The letter claims that Larkins' website includes statements alleging that "a culture of misrepresentation and deception exists at Stutz Artiano" and "the firm clearly suffers from a lack of professionalism or lack of undersanding of the law."

Larkins refused to remove the statements from her site and on October 5, 2007, SASH filed a complaint in San Diego Superior Court, claiming defamation. ( See related CMLP entry on the lawsuit.)

Related Links:

San Diego Education Report Blog

Statements on Larkins' Website about the SASH law firm

CMLP Database Entry for the related lawsuit

Details

Website(s) Involved:	Content Type(s):
San Diego Education Report	Text
Publication Medium:	Subject Area(s):
Website	Defamation

Court Information & Documents

Location of Filing/Threat:	Source of Law:
California	California
Court Name:	Court Type:

Case Number:

Relevant Documents:
Cease and Desist Letter (08-06-2007)

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