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The Ratings and Reviews of Lawyers on Avvo Website
December 2018: A federal judge dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. To read the full decision, click here.
March 2018: A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Avvo, Inc. for allegedly misleadingly representing that the reviews of attorneys on its website are unbiased and based on merit without disclosing that attorneys who pay fees to Avvo have higher ratings. (Davis et al v. Avvo, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-2835, S. D. NY.)
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