{"id":2215,"date":"2017-07-06T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:36:27","slug":"media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"Media & Press Coverage of Patel v. Chan (Baltimore Circuit Court)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This page compiles notable articles and commentaries on the unusual Baltimore Circuit Court Case of Mitul R. Patel v. Mathew Chan<\/strong> (misspelled in court documents). It is a lawsuit purportedly filed by Suwanee Georgia dentist Mitul R. Patel. I was never served or otherwise notified of this case or lawsuit. I only found out on August 10, 2016 when Yelp emailed me that they received a court order with a request by Patel to Yelp to take down my Yelp review of Mitul R. Patel<\/a><\/strong>. So far, we believe Patel hired Richart Ruddie’s reputation management firm, Profile Defenders<\/strong><\/a>, who used its suspicious and questionable Lawsuit Removal scheme to defraud the Baltimore Circuit Court into issuing a court order to compel various consumer review websites to remove my negative reviews of Patel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recent articles listed first. (This page will be periodically updated as the story unfolds and reported.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post: Volokh Conspiracy (July 5, 2017)<\/span>
<\/strong>Court vacates apparent fake-defendant libel takedown order in Patel v. Chan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Techdirt (May 15, 2017)
<\/strong><\/span>Judge Refuses To Fix His Rubber-Stamping Of A Fraudulently-Requested Court Order<\/a><\/strong>
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Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (May 12, 2017)<\/span>
Multiple Fake Consent Orders in Baltimore \u2013 Will Judges Remedy Their Own Prior Restraints Procured by Fraud?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Business Times (October 28, 2016)<\/span>
<\/strong>Internet companies are being manipulated with bogus lawsuits to delete \u2019embarrassing\u2019 content<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABA Journal (October 13, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Are lawsuits using fake defendants to get material removed from websites?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Techdirt (October 11, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>More Details Uncovered On Bogus Defamation Lawsuits Being Used To Delist Negative Reviews<\/a><\/strong>
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Washington Post: Volokh Conspiracy (October 10, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>A tip of the hat to Matthew Chan, whose call helped us uncover the many suspicious Internet takedown cases<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (October 10, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Profile Defenders and Richart Ruddie: The Common Link Between Two Phony Defamation Suits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post: Volokh Conspiracy (October 10, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages taken down or deindexed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (October 10, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages taken down or deindexed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Techdirt (September 12, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Bogus Defamation Lawsuit Using Fake Plaintiff And Defendant Challenged By Public Citizen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (September 8, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Bradley Smith v Deborah Garcia: Reputation Management by \u201cConsent Order\u201d Gets Even Weirder<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (September 7, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Georgia Consumer Asks Baltimore Judge to Vacate Dentist Mitul Patel’s Bogus \u201cConsent Order\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (August 25, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Kudzu.com has restored review of Mitul Patel<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple Justice (August 24, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Victim Blaming? So The Dentist Claims<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post: Volokh Conspiracy (August 24, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Georgia dentist claims libel lawsuit was filed without his knowledge (though in his name)<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Techdirt (August 24, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Bogus Defamation Lawsuit With Fake Defendant Results In Negative Reviews Of Dentist Being Taken Down<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (August 23, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Georgia Dentist Mitul Patel Acknowledges That \u201cConsent Order\u201d Was a Fraud, but Claims He is the Real Victim<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post: Volokh Conspiracy (August 19, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>A suspicious strategy in alleged online libel cases? [UPDATE: Ostensible plaintiff now says case was filed without his knowledge or permission]<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Citizen: Consumer Law & Policy (August 19, 2016)
<\/strong><\/span>Georgia Dentist Mitul Patel Takes Phony Litigation Scheme to New Extremes Trying to Suppress Criticism<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visit the Media & Press Coverage of Profile Defenders Lawsuit Removal Scheme<\/strong><\/a> page for the continuing story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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