Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz v. Maura Larkins (letter) [1]

The law firm of Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz (SASH) sent a cease and desist letter [2] to Maura Larkins on August 6, 2007 demanding that she remove allegedly defamatory statements she made about the firm from her website, the San Diego Education Report [3].

The letter claims that Larkins' website includes statements alleging that "a culture of misrepresentation and deception exists at Stutz Artiano" and "the firm clearly suffers from a lack of professionalism or lack of undersanding of the law."

Larkins refused to remove the statements from her site and on October 5, 2007, SASH filed a complaint in San Diego Superior Court, claiming defamation. ( See related CMLP entry on the lawsuit [4].)