Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire distributes press release about legal and political issues that are accurate and conform to our editorial guidelines.

Press releases on Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire about legal cases and political issues must:

• Cite from and contain a case or complaint number for all officially filed legal actions and accusations of illegal conduct referenced in the release
• Contain explicit attribution to an authorized source of the material
• Be accurate and free of potentially libelous material
• Be free of content intended to harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group
• Be written in an acceptable press release format

Press releases on Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire about legal cases and political matters can:

• Contain fair comment of a political or public figure as long as this content does not cross over into libel territory
• Express the opinion or official stance of an organization on a public issue or current event with appropriate, authorized attribution

Press releases on Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire about legal cases and political matters are not:

• Announcements of intentions to file a court case against an individual or group
• Open letters
• Potentially libelous, which is defined as content that falsely depicts or implies:
• A person has committed a crime or is guilty of illegal activity
• A person lacks mental capacity
• A person has engaged in immoral behavior
• A person has a loathsome disease
• An invasion of someone's privacy
• Threatening, abusive, menacing, offensive, violent, intimidating or otherwise objectionable
• Intended to harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group, which is defined as content that is deemed intended to:
• Incite, advocate or express hatred, bigotry, racism or gratuitous violence
• Promote personal opinions attacking an individual or group
• Maliciously affect a company's stock
• Stalk, defame, defraud, degrade, shame or victimize an individual or group

* Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire's editorial staff reviews all press releases before distribution. Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire editors have the final say in determining what content is appropriate for distribution on the Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire platform. These guidelines are meant to supplement Martindale-Hubbell® Newswire’s terms of service, which require users to be responsible for the content and accuracy of all information submitted to us.