"Defamation" Posts

Want to stay out of trouble? Unless you have been sued before you probably have no idea how expensive, time consuming, and emotionally draining it can be.

A little legal preventative maintenance can keep you focused on growing your business uninterrupted. Some firms specialize in litigation or defense work. That means they have a bird’s eye view of what companies do to get in trouble. Here are some surefire ways to get in hot water:

1. Hire that key sales employee from your competitor, and trust him not to bring along the customer list.
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The worst lies are told behind your back. Protect your business from the online cyber-attack.

It is said that the worst lies are told behind your back. That may be true. Until recently, rumors about businesses have generally been oral, fleeting in nature, and (hopefully) not given much credence. Unfortunately, the dynamics of the rumor mill are changing. Just about everything on the Web, including the good, the bad and the outright lies, is now indexed by search engines.

That leads to problems.

In the online world, rumors or outright lies are receiving unprecedented publicity primarily because Congress granted service …