Explore the differences between slander and libel, understand legal implications, and see real-world examples to better grasp defamation law.

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 ...

Those of us who work in journalism understand that when we tell people that we’re worried about what the Trump administration is doing to press freedom -- and particularly about the threat of changes ...

The Iowa Freedom of Information Council is arguing against the award of damages in a libel case where the plaintiffs showed ...

Republican state Sen. Dan Laughlin is using campaign funds to finance a libel lawsuit against the Erie Reader and its former contributing editor, Jim Wertz, a Democrat who is now running against him ...