Legal Industry News
January 14, 2010
Ex-Associate and Law Firm Battle over Badmouth Blog
New Jersey-based law firm Levinson Axelrod is battling one of its former associates over a badmouth blog the associate started called LevinsonAxelrodReallySucks.com. The ex-associate, Edward Heyburn, started the site when the firm terminated his employment after six years, reportedly because it found out he was planning to open his own firm. The firm responded to the site by suing Heyburn for unfair competition, claiming that he is using the firm’s name and attempting to damage the firm’s reputation solely to drive business away from the firm (and, presumably, to him) for his own financial gain.
Heyburn claims that he is merely…
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