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

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 ...

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 ...

"I've just been living with this open wound and with this incredible stigma." A day after she was reconvicted of slander in an Italian court, Amanda Knox spoke out on her podcast Thursday. The only ...

I wanted to slander someone. My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for — and profiting from — the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying ...

A federal appeals panel in Pasadena ruled Dec. 4 that a Beverly Hills police officer who arrested pop singer George Michael in 1998 can go forward with a slander suit against the entertainer. Marcelo ...