Benitah v. Law [1]

In October 2008, David Benitah, a San Francisco-based immigration attorney and business consultant, sued Linda Law and consumer review websites Yelp [2] and TheSqueakyWheel.com [3] for defamation and trade libel in a California state court. The complaint [4] alleges that the defendants "published false statements regarding plaintiff on the internet," but does not identify any specific statements. Law's negative review of Benitah is still posted on the SqueakyWheel.com [5], but Yelp appears to have taken the material down [6].

On January 21, 2009, the court ordered [7] Benitah to appear in court on February 17 to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for failure to serve the defendants and file proof of service within 60 days of filing the complaint.

Update:

2/4/2009 - Benitah filed response to order to show cause

2/5/2009 -  Proof of service order to show cause hearing set for 2/17/2009 ordered off the calendar by the court

3/18/2009 - Order to show cause hearing set for 5/18/2009, later continued to 6/29/2009

Both Benitah  and Globolex have noow elected to represent themselves Pro Se.