Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment.  Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results.  Do you know what people are saying and writing about you? Has someone posted a defamatory statement about you on the internet?

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio.  My name is Internet Law Attorney Enrico Schaefer.  My law firm specializes in internet defamation claims litigation both in representing plaintiffs who have been the subject of a defamatory statement and also defendants who’ve been accused of defamation of character.  Typically, our law firm specializes in defamation that occurs on the internet.  That is, blog posts, websites, review sites, these types of things where people provide information and communication about a variety of things, including other people and other companies.

Previously, we’ve had shows that dealt with the issue of what is a defamatory statement and what is publication.  Today, I want to talk about the third element of defamation, the third general element of defamation under most state defamation law.  The third element that any plaintiff who files a claim or lawsuit alleging defamation on the internet.  The third thing they’re going to have to prove is that the defendant knew or should have known that the statement that they made, the alleged defamatory statement, was false. Continue reading A Defamation of Character Claim Requires a False Statement of Fact »