Chicago, IL
Libel and slander Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Libel & Slander
OUTCOME: Damaging Post Removed and IP Ban
Max Goodman successfully represented a college student facing anonymous social media defamation on Reddit and Twitter. Max worked with the platforms to have the posts removed immediately and to impose ... an IP ban to prevent future defamation.
OUTCOME: Offending social media account permanently removed
Max Goodman successfully represented a CEO against an activist Twitter account that had defamed him and repeatedly posted his real-time location. The representation resulted in Twitter removing the off ... ending account.
OUTCOME: $7.6 million verdict in our client's favor
We filed a seven-count civil complaint against the ex-girlfriend of a Chicago executive asserting claims of Defamation Per Se, False Light Invasion of Privacy, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, Torti ... ous Interference with Business Expectancy, Vandalism/Damage to Property, and Intentional and Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress. The ex-girlfriend retaliated after a break up by creating an imposter LinkedIn profile using our client’s name and explicit pictures of him. She used the imposter profile to connect with co-workers and clients. She created social media posts accusing him of rape and asking the public to seek retribution against him. She also damaged his property by spray-painting swastikas on his car. We were retained to seek recourse against her. We traced the various fake social media accounts back to her and presented screenshots of her text messages and social media posts to prove our case. We obtained a $7.6 million dollar judgment for our client and the online content was removed. The judgment remains one of Illinois’ highest revenge porn / cyber-bullying verdicts. We subsequently worked with law enforcement to help secure a criminal indictment against her. She ultimately pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to this matter.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice (in our client's favor)
Max Goodman successfully defended a physician against defamation claims and sexual misconduct. The claims were brought by a medical student. The case was dismissed with prejudice.
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