ABA Journal Law News:  “Two graduates of Yale law school have settled their defamation lawsuit against several online critics who wrote nasty comments about them on the law school discussion board AutoAdmit.  Lawyer Ashok Ramani of Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco represented the women pro bono. He told the Hartford Courant that his clients settled “with a handful of folks” under terms that are confidential.”

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