Castaldi v. Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP [1]

In July 2009, Marc Castaldi, a real estate developer, brought a defamation lawsuit in New York state court against Goetz Fitzpatrick, LLP, after he discovered LegalLawComplaints.com [2] (no longer available), which linked to documents related to legal claims involving Castaldi or his business. Goetz Fitzpatrick is a law firm that represented Matthew and Helene Byrnes against Castaldi in a different case regarding a real estate development matter.

Castaldi's complaint [3] alleged that the Byrnes funded the creation of the website and claimed that the unfairly selective nature of the documents was intended to harm his business. It also accused the firm of tortious interference with Castaldi's prospective business and asked for an injunction to remove the website and for damages.

The website has since been removed, but the lawsuit is still pending.