SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer’s defamation claims against an ex-client who went online to accuse him of a “horrific fraud” can move forward, a San Francisco judge ruled earlier this month.

Judge James McBride dismissed some of the claims brought by malpractice lawyer William Gwire against his former client. But he said Elliott Blumberg crossed the line in essentially accusing him of a crime.

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