Lennar Corporation v. Minkow [1]

Lennar Corporation [2] and Lennar Homes of California, Inc. filed a lawsuit in Florida state court against Barry Minkow, the Fraud Discovery Institute, Inc., Briarwood Capital, LLC, Nicolas Marsch III, and several unnamed defendants. Lennar alleged that Minkow, acting in concert with the other defendants, published defamatory statements on websites (lenn-ron.com [3] and frauddiscovery.net [4]), in a YouTube video [5], and press releases, all falsely accusing the company of accounting improprieties. 

The complaint includes claims for libel, deceptive and unfair trade practices, tortious interference, fraud and extortion, and alleges that Marsch engaged Minkow and Fraud Discovery Institute to publish false information about it as part of an ongoing dispute between Marsch and Lennar.

The case is ongoing.