An integral component of any defamation claim – whether slander or libel – is pleading and proving that the false and defamatory statement has caused harm. The plaintiff’s burden of establishing the ...

Editor's note: The following story deals with the topic of sexual assault. Victoria Burke remembers waking up in the hospital in December 2019, unsure of how she got there. The last memory she had was ...

Can a statement that is literally true be defamatory? While “traditional” defamation claims require a statement that is factually false, New York also recognizes defamation-by-implication—where a ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Defamation is a false statement, either written or oral, that harms the reputation of another person. In order to recover for defamation, a victim must establish that ...

A jury has awarded climate scientist Michael Mann more than $1 million in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former scholar and a media personality who lampooned Mann’s work. The legal battle ...

The Mercy Johnson defamation case raises key questions about arrests, civil vs criminal defamation, and how Nigerian law treats online speech. Outside the online outrage and emotional moments that ...

Suing for defamation can result in a large recovery. Unfortunately, the suing plaintiff is taxed on the amount she keeps and also on the amount paid to her lawyer. Defamation verdicts and settlements ...