Cease and Desist Letters



Cease and desist letters is a notice to another business or individual to demand that they refrain from carrying out a certain unlawful activity. It is a way to alert the other party to the prospect of legal proceedings. In case you decide to escalate the dispute and move to the courts, Cease and desist letter present a satisfactory proof that the defendant is aware of their wrongdoing. To this effect, it is highly recommended that you draft and send your Cease and desist letter through to a lawyer. In many cases and through our experience, websites will remove defamatory content on request from a Cease and Desist letter, to avoid lawsuit.
A great deal of defamation, privacy breach and copyright infringement happen online, especially with anonymous lies about a person’s sexual orientation, private health information, Identity & criminal record. Online service providers generally can’t be held liable for content that (user’s) post. Web hosts can be asked to remove defamatory content and can be subpoenaed to provide user information (e.g. IP address, etc) about the person who posted the information.