Two years ago, I wrote this:
The very, very short version: an independent health-care-fraud muckraking association is being intimidated, via a law suit with a $10 million dollar claim. The suit has been filed on behalf of a for-profit laboratory that does millions of dollars of business providing tests that enable quack or questionable "therapies" for heart disease, autism, and other conditions. (Go here for the longer version)
The litigation grinds on:
In June 2010, Doctor's Data, Inc. sued Dr. Barrett because it didn't like what what he wrote about them on Quackwatch and elsewhere. The events leading up to the suit are described at
http://www.quackwatch.org/14Legal/dd_suit.html
In November, 2011, the judge dismissed about half of the allegations, but is permitting discovery to proceed until July 2012. The rest of the suit will probably be dismissed soon afterward, but the discovery proceedings will be time-consuming and costly. Contributions to the defense fund can be made through PayPal at the link below
http://www.quackwatch.org/00AboutQuackwatch/donations.html
Or if you prefer, you can mail a check to:
Quackwatch
Chatham Crossing, Suite 107/208
11312 U.S. 15-501 North
Chapel Hill, NC 27517.
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