defamation

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Days after lodging her complaint, Lively sued Baldoni and several member of his publicity team for defamation, seeking unspecified damages.

From MarketWatch

His statement provoked a strong reaction from the campus's student collective, which is threatening to sue him for defamation.

From Barron's

Sitrick writes that if gentle persuasion doesn’t work to convince Ferguson to retract her statement, then “we need to turn up the heat even to the point of sending her a draft defamation lawsuit.”

From Los Angeles Times

He has filed a lawsuit against the Journal alleging defamation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The messages were revealed in a defamation lawsuit against the website, which had accused two election workers in Fulton County of committing fraud.

From Salon