LegalZoom focuses on defamation, an area of law that protects people’s reputations by allowing them recourse if false statements are made about them in various forms of communication.

Defamation claims are actually organized into two different types of claims: Libel claims and slander claims. Both can give rise to a civil lawsuit, but the elements of the two different cases are ...

The distinction between these two types of defamation is dependent upon how the false and harmful statement was published. Libel involves the publication of false statements in print or in 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 ...

Anti-Defamation League, decided today by Second ... Plaintiffs' sprawling allegations in the 150-page [Complaint] boil down to two types of claims: (1) First Amendment claims that focus on ...