Learn how libel in writing or broadcast differs from slander. Discover legal definitions, proof requirements, and protections against falsity claims.

Slander is the same thing whether committed in a business or personal context, and it is illegal if damaging. As a small-business owner, it behooves you to understand slander to ensure you and your ...

Slander is a malicious, false and defamatory statement that sometimes can spread around the office. The slandered employee might feel pressured to leave his job and could begin court proceedings ...

Florence, Italy — Amanda Knox, the American student who spent nearly four years in an Italian prison after being convicted in 2007 of murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher before being ...

Amanda Knox appeared before an Italian court for the first time in several years. (Antonio Calanni/AP Photo) Amanda Knox, the American who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her British roommate ...

Amanda Knox was re-convicted of slander in an Italian court on Wednesday for wrongfully accusing an innocent man of killing her British roommate in 2007. The court found that Knox had wrongly accused ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Mayor Will Haynie is suing a former council member for slander after he allegedly twice referred to the mayor as a pedophile. Haynie filed a civil lawsuit Dec. 23 against Kevin ...

The classical Greek philosopher Socrates is a fixture of literature and culture, but his legacy is complicated by the fact that what we know of him hasn't come to us directly from him, but from a ...

Jefferson County lawsuit lays out numerous allegations involving slander, unfair hiring practices, electronic eavesdropping ...