Defamation, just so you know

[fistfullofsteel]

Defamation may take the form of libel (defamatory statements in written or printed form) or slander (defamatory statements made orally). Defamation becomes a business tort when the defamatory matter injures someone in business, profession, or trade when it adversely affects a business entity in its credit rating or other dealings.

Slander of Quality is the publication of false information about another's product, alleging that it is not what its seller claims, constitutes the tort of slander of quality, or trade libel. The plantiff must prove that actual damages proximately resulted from the slander of quality. In other words, the plantiff must show not only that a third person refrained from dealing with the plantiff because of the improper publication but also that there were associated damages. The economic calculation of such damages--they are, after all, conjectural--is often extremely difficult to prove.

An improper publication may be both a slander of quality and a defamation.


Something I got out of my Business Law Book for your information from Business Law Today, 4th edition, Miller and Jentz, West Publishing Company.


Abraham Lincoln once said it best, "TRUTH IS GENERALLY THE BEST VINDICATION AGAINST SLANDER."

 

[fistfullofsteel]

I'm not sure but if you say something and say it in the matter of "In my opinion based on such and such, maybe then you won't be as liable. After all everybody has the right to an opinion and express it.