Pillsbury targeted by Jerk.com

Leading US law firms Pillsbury and Sheppard, Mulin, Richter & Hampton are among the law firms which have been targeted by Jerk.com, the website which is now facing action from the Federal Trade Commission.

Andrey Burmakin

Jerk.com put up profiles of individuals and businesses. ABA News says: ‘Legal Times visited the website and noted headlines deeming the Pillsbury law firm and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton to be jerks, supposedly for providing bad or wrong advice.’ But the Federal Trade Commission is now taking a deceptive conduct suit against the firm. It says that Jerk.com offered businesses and consumers a US$30 fee which they believed would enable them to removed the negative content. However, the Commission said: ‘In truth and in fact in numerous instances, consumers who subscribed to Jerk by paying for a standard membership received nothing in return for their payment.’  Source: ABA

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