The removal library.
Working notes from inside the practice — what comes down, under which statute, and when counsel is the right tool.
§ 01 · Problem type
Defamation & articles
“Someone has published an article about us.”
- 01 GDPR Article 17 and a company's "right to be forgotten" (lawful grounds) Does GDPR Article 17 give a company a right to be forgotten? The honest answer, the limited angles that actually work, and where defamation does the real work.
- 02 Remove a Reddit post about your company (lawful grounds, US vs UK/EU) How to challenge a defamatory Reddit post about your company: Reddit's report and legal routes, the US Section 230 wall, the UK/EU defamation and GDPR angles, and when only a court order moves it.
- 03 Remove negative content from Google AI Overviews (Lawful Grounds) There is no AI Overviews takedown button. AI Overviews summarise what already ranks, so removal works upstream — deindexing, defamation, court order, policy.
- 04 The brand's guide to legal content removal (lawful grounds, layer by layer) A counsel-grade map of legal content removal: removal vs deindexing vs suppression, the four internet layers, and the statutes behind each route.
- 05 Negative articles about your company on the first page of Google You searched your own brand and the first results are attacks. Here is what removal, deindexing and suppression each actually do, what you can attempt yourself, and when a counsel-filed statute route is the answer.
- 06 A website demands payment to remove an article about you. Do not pay. How pay-to-delete "news" sites operate, why paying marks you as a repeat target, and how removal under named statute — defamation, GDPR Article 17, host and registrar filings — actually works.
§ 02 · Problem type
Clones & impersonation
“There's a copy of our brand taking our customers.”
- 01 The EU fined AliExpress €550m. That will not remove one counterfeit listing of your brand. The European Commission fined AliExpress €550 million for failing to control illegal and counterfeit goods — the largest fine yet under the Digital Services Act. What the decision actually changes for brand owners, and what still only moves when you file.
- 02 Fake VCs and deepfake investors: when "a partner at a16z" messages you Scammers now impersonate top venture funds and famous investors — deepfake videos, cloned fund websites, fake partner outreach. How founders can verify a real VC, what victims' losses look like in 2026, and how impersonation content gets removed.
- 03 Announced a funding round? Your startup just became an impersonation target a16z manages $90B+, Sequoia closed a $7B AI fund, and ~90 new unicorns were minted in 2026 — every announcement mints new impersonation targets too. What appears in Google within days of your round, what you can do yourself, and when counsel is needed.
- 04 Affiliates are bidding on your brand terms. Here is the enforcement route that works. Google will not stop affiliates bidding on your brand keywords. What works: contract terms, evidence, network escalation and trademark filings — in that order.
- 05 Fake casino site using our brand: how to take down a clone (lawful grounds) A clone casino copies your brand, logo and licence to defraud players. How to file host, registrar and DMCA §512 notices that move it.
- 06 Clone firm using our brand and a fake broker site triggered an FCA warning (lawful grounds to take the clone down) A clone firm copied your broker brand and FRN, triggering an FCA/CySEC/ASIC warning. The lawful grounds to take the fake site down and surface the truth.
- 07 Report a fake Telegram channel impersonating your brand (Trademark grounds) A fake Telegram or Discord channel posing as your brand? How to report it, why one-by-one flagging loses, and the trademark route that escalates.
- 08 How to find the real host behind Cloudflare — and where to send an abuse notice A clone or defamatory site sits behind Cloudflare, so the WHOIS dead-ends. Here is how to identify the true hosting provider, find the right abuse address, and file a notice that actually moves — plus where this approach hits its limits.
- 09 You reported it and nothing happened. What now. You flagged the fake account, the clone site or the article through the platform's own form — and got an automated rejection or silence. Why that happens, what escalation actually exists, and when a counsel-filed route is the next step.
§ 03 · Problem type
Vendor & pricing
“We need to choose who actually does this.”
- 01 How much does it cost to remove a news article? What removing a news article actually costs in 2026: free routes, per-URL services, counsel-filed removal and court orders — honest ranges and what drives them.
- 02 Top 10 legal tech & legal AI startups in 2026 — and what each one actually solves The top legal tech startups in 2026, mapped by category: Harvey, Legora, Clio, EvenUp, Luminance, Spellbook, Wordsmith, Lawhive, Noxtua — and Lawyerd, one of the most promising seed-stage legal tech AI projects. Funding, valuations and links for every startup.
- 03 We built the first DMCA takedown MCP: counsel-backed enforcement your AI agent can call Lawyerd is, to our knowledge, the first takedown practice callable by AI agents over MCP — resolve the real host (even behind Cloudflare), assess a takedown, and start one, while a human still signs the notice.
- 04 DMCA takedown cost: how pricing actually works What a DMCA takedown costs in 2026: per-URL, per-domain, hourly and retainer pricing compared honestly — what drives the price, where the $199 services fit, and why per-URL maths collapses on real campaigns.
- 05 Why honest practices do not promise "guaranteed" Google removal What sits behind "guaranteed deindexing" and "pay after removal" offers, the grey routes that produce those guarantees, what realistic success rates look like, and how to vet a removal vendor.
- 06 Red Points, Corsearch & DMCA.com alternatives: SaaS monitoring vs counsel-filed removal An honest comparison of the two models for fighting brand abuse online — automated SaaS detection (Red Points, Corsearch) and self-serve filing (DMCA.com) versus counsel-filed removal under named statute. Which fits which problem.
§ 04 · Problem type
Reviews & ratings
“Our rating is being attacked.”
- 01 Remove an AskGamblers Complaint (Lawful Grounds): Respond or Challenge How AskGamblers complaints work, when to respond and resolve, and when to challenge a fake or defamatory complaint on lawful grounds. No removal on demand.
- 02 Casino Guru complaint against your brand: respond properly first, challenge it on lawful grounds How the Casino Guru complaint and mediation process works, how to respond so it resolves, and the lawful-grounds route when a complaint is fake or false.
- 03 Forex Peace Army review removal (lawful grounds): challenge a fake or defamatory FPA review How Forex Peace Army reviews and the Scam Folder work, what FPA's own process can fix, and the lawful-grounds route for fake or defamatory entries.
- 04 Prop firm hit by fake Trustpilot reviews — challenge them on lawful grounds A prop firm hit by a coordinated fake or defamatory Trustpilot wave: what Trustpilot flags, the lawful-grounds challenge route, and when counsel files.
- 05 Remove fake Trustpilot reviews (lawful grounds): flag, challenge, escalate How to flag and challenge fake Trustpilot reviews on lawful grounds — what the platform takes down, where self-help stalls, and the defamation route.
- 06 Challenge a Fake or Defamatory WikiFX Review (Lawful Grounds) How WikiFX ratings and exposure work, how to respond to genuine complaints, and the lawful-grounds route to challenge fake or defamatory WikiFX entries.