Matt Cavanagh featured in Cleveland Jewish News article on combating fake business reviews 

McDonald Hopkins' attorney Matt Cavanagh was recently featured in a Cleveland Jewish News article focused on how to combat fake business reviews.

The article, 'Posting bad business reviews can lead you to court,' centered on the notion that bad business reviews can make or break a business, but sometimes those reviews are not real or even AI-generated.

Cavanagh, an intellectual property litigator and a First Amendment attorney, said any litigation involved in these matters typically stems from online attacks against individuals rather than businesses as the latter is often considered a civil matter.

An excerpt of the article is below:

In many instances, the platform where the exchanges are being made publicly has policies in place and will intervene in the matter and sometimes take actions, according to Cavanagh.

“If it reaches this level, you might consider retaining an attorney,” which has the power of subpoena to investigate and identify the origin of the content, he said.

“That’s something you can’t do on your own,” Cavanagh said.

“People who make false posts and attacks anonymously don’t want to bear the responsibility for doing it (and) that is where subpoenas come in,” Cavanagh said.

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