It is theoretically the same in my country, but I asked a lawyer about it, and she advised me against that, she told me probably he will lose but until there I will be summoned to a trial and I will need to spend money with a lawyer and court fees and time going to a courtroom. Then I searched about it and saw that in my country it is pretty common. It is like an ad budget for the doctors. Spend some money disappearing with the bad press can be better than spending money with a normal ad.