Re: A president of an association telling people not to use me.

Unless the president of ACPA is disparaging your business by making false statements about you or your business, there is not much you can do. Merely telling people not to use a particular good or service is not actionable because of the First Amendment - i.e., people are free to say what they want so long as it is not defamatory. If the president simply tells people not to use you, and they listen, there is not much you can do about it from a legal standpoint.

Re: A president of an association telling people not to use me.

Actually there is a tort called "intentional interference with a contractual relationship." which would apply here. Bottom line, if this organization knew that these persons had contracts with you for advertising, and they intentionally and knowingly interferred with these contracts in order to gain the contracts themselves, then they would be liable under this tort. This is an exception to the 1st Amendment Free Speech clause of the US Constitution.

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Re: A president of an association telling people not to use me.

Maybe, this might be tortious interference with contract if people were already signed with you. It could also be an unfair business practice. If you are ready to play hardball, give me a call at 310.266.4115.

Re: A president of an association telling people not to use me.

I would agree with Mr. Hoffman that what the association president is doing is not improper.

There are two competing advertising media, his and yours. He's merely being a good salesman for his Web site. Unless there's more to it, I think he's within his rights.