Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...

While it is true claims of defamation and trade libel can sometimes overlap and merge when the same disparaging statements ...

The terms defamation, libel and slander may be used interchangeably in popular culture, but they are different in important ways. Some of these differences date back to medieval times, but they ...