<human>: So I'll try to make this as short as possible. My dad started a company the beginning of last year selling a bottle opener called "MyTopOff." (www.mytopoff.com it's hard to explain what it does)

He ran a few television commercials last year and didn't have much success. He has been doing a bit of online marketing and hasn't broken even yet on his investment for getting this all started. He even packs and ships this product from his own garage.

The commercial for the product says "buy one get one free", but there's extra postage on the second item. This is pretty standard on most commercials, and before someone checks-out online it clearly states the extra fees for the shipping on the additional item.

My dad received notice for a case that was filed by an attorney out of New Jersey (name withheld by me) who filed a class-action lawsuit against my dad because of the "deceptive" advertising. Upon further research my parents saw that this attorney files about 100 cases a year against companies for this same thing; usually settling out of court for large sums of money. This attorney ordered the product with the intention of filing this case, and I'm assuming the attorney keeps all the money he collects.

My dad ended up calling the attorney, and the attorney said this can all "go away" for $15,000. The problem is, my dad hasn't even made $1 on this product yet, and is struggling trying to get his business going. He called a couple other attorneys about this, many of them know who this bad attorney is. If my dad tried to fight it, it would cost him approximately $10,000, and then it's a gamble whether he will win or lose.

Does anyone have any advice on what plan of action my dad could take? He's a great guy and this whole ordeal has been super upsetting for him.

Can you condense the text into a few key points?
<bot>: Dad sells product online with a start up business; a con-artist attorney is filing a case against him for "false advertising." Looking for advice.