Sponsored Content Policy
The Lawsuit Watch may publish sponsored articles from law firms, legal service providers and other relevant organizations. This page explains how that content is identified and the rules it follows.
How sponsored content is labelled
- Any article a sponsor paid for, wrote or commissioned is marked Sponsored at the top of the page, with a short statement naming who paid for it.
- Where state bar rules require it, content from a law firm is also labelled as attorney advertising.
- Sponsored articles are kept separate from our settlement and case-status coverage and are never presented as independent reporting.
Links in paid content
Links to a sponsor, or any link we are paid to include, carry a rel="sponsored" attribute, as search engines ask. We do not sell links that pass search ranking credit, and we do not accept payment to insert links into existing articles.
Editorial independence
- Sponsors cannot pay for coverage of a case, change what we report about a case, or review our independent articles before publication.
- A sponsor’s name or link on our site is not an endorsement of its services or a prediction of any legal outcome.
- Sponsored articles must meet the same accuracy standards as the rest of the site, and we reserve the right to edit or decline them.
Guest contributions and referral arrangements
Unpaid guest articles are covered by our contributor guidelines. Referral arrangements with law firms are described in our Legal Disclaimer.
Questions
For sponsorship inquiries, or to report sponsored content you believe is not properly labelled, email editorial@lawsuitwatch.org. See also our Editorial Policy.