Lawyer has defamation claim for online post 
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Published: June 9, 2008
A lawyer can sue an Internet poster for defamation for suggesting the lawyer should be turned into bar disciplinary authorities, even though the online poster claimed he was just offering an opinion.
In Cretella v. Kuzminsk (VLW 008-3-210), U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer re-fused to dismiss defamation claims filed under Virginia law by a Maryland ...
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