Bd. of Forensic Document Exam'rs, Inc. v. Am. Bar Ass'n

Honorable Edmond E. Chang, United States District Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

The Board of Forensic Document Examiners, and seven of its members, allege that Thomas Vastrick defamed them by making various statements in an article appearing in The Judges' Journal . The Plaintiffs brought this case against Vastrick, as well as the publisher (the American Bar Association) and the article's editor (Stephanie Domitrovich).1 Specifically, the Plaintiffs bring claims for defamation per se , false light invasion of privacy, false advertising under the Lanham Act, deceptive advertising under…