information regarding Ms. Ford. From our investigation, I have concluded that your website does indeed publish materially false information regarding Ms. Ford.
Specifically: You publish an incorrect birthdate for Ms. Ford You publish other incorrect biographical information regarding Ms. Ford.
Now that you know by my admonition to you above, that this information you publish is *patently false,* I hope that you will follow what I recommend as the simple resolution of this Libel situation: that you remove all reference to Ms. Ford from your website.
Is this a form letter? How could it be faster for him to type all that than to say "Ms. Ford's birthday is actually xx/xx/xxxx"?
In any case, I don't see how you can demand removal of all reference to something from a website. In the case of wikipedia, that's a poor solution - the information would just come back, unwatched.
If you persist and continue to patently publish false and misleading information that continues to be injurious to my client, then
How can an incorrect birthdate be injurious? What is the unspecified other "incorrect information"?
Federal laws. I attached an article from CNN.com that I am certain your legal department is aware. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/11/wikipedia.ap/index.html
He didn't read this bit? "Seigenthaler said he doesn't plan to pursue legal action against Chase." And in that case the information actually is defamatory.
Is there a standard reply to such things now? Do you recommend that the aggrieved parties edit the pages themselves, or is it always "we'll get someone onto it straight away"?
Steve