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fistfullofsteel
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From that other supplement company?
I think you should try to find a way to work it out, because if they want to turn it into a drag out fight then it is going to cost you a LOT OF MONEY for lawyers fees. The lawyers will be the one smiling at the end. A small company can go bankrupt because of a law suit and that is definitely not what we want.
The Freedom of speech guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the Constitution is not absolute. Speech that harms another person's good name or reputation maybe the basis for a defamation suit, and this is true whether the statement is communicated over the radio or television, in a printed publication or via the Internet.
In fact the COMMON LAW defines 4 types of false utterances that are considered torts per se (meaning no proof of injury or harm is required for these false utterances to be actionable):
1. A statement that another has a loathsome communicable disease.
2. A statement that another has committed improprieties while engaging in a profession or trade.
3. A statement that another has committed or has been imprisoned for a serious crime.
4. A statement that an unmarried woman is unchaste. (LMAO AT THIS ONE.)
Some cool info brought to you by (West Publishing Company, Business Law Today, Miller and Jentz, 4th edition)
FURTHER NOTE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REPUBLISHES
OR REPEATS DEFAMOTORY STATEMENTS IS LIABLE EVEN IF THAT PERSON REVEALS THE SOURCE OF SUCH STATEMENTS.
I think you should try to find a way to work it out, because if they want to turn it into a drag out fight then it is going to cost you a LOT OF MONEY for lawyers fees. The lawyers will be the one smiling at the end. A small company can go bankrupt because of a law suit and that is definitely not what we want.
The Freedom of speech guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the Constitution is not absolute. Speech that harms another person's good name or reputation maybe the basis for a defamation suit, and this is true whether the statement is communicated over the radio or television, in a printed publication or via the Internet.
In fact the COMMON LAW defines 4 types of false utterances that are considered torts per se (meaning no proof of injury or harm is required for these false utterances to be actionable):
1. A statement that another has a loathsome communicable disease.
2. A statement that another has committed improprieties while engaging in a profession or trade.
3. A statement that another has committed or has been imprisoned for a serious crime.
4. A statement that an unmarried woman is unchaste. (LMAO AT THIS ONE.)
Some cool info brought to you by (West Publishing Company, Business Law Today, Miller and Jentz, 4th edition)
FURTHER NOTE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REPUBLISHES
OR REPEATS DEFAMOTORY STATEMENTS IS LIABLE EVEN IF THAT PERSON REVEALS THE SOURCE OF SUCH STATEMENTS.
