How Much Is Your Reputation Worth?

Warren Buffet said, "it takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it." Your ongoing reputation in the community is the backbone of every you hope to accomplish. Yet, in today's world, where everyone has the ability to instantly publish statements, defamation claims are rising at an exponential rate. With reputation being such an important part of the business and political worlds, the law of defamation was put in place to protect people's reputations from unfair attack.

Defamation is a false statement of fact - and does not include a negative opinion of you. Defamation involves anything that injures a person's reputation. Comments that cause a person disgrace or ridicule are likely to be considered defamation. There are two types of defamation. Oral defamation, such as comments or stories told at a social gathering or meeting is called slander. Defamation that is printed or otherwise published, such as internet or television defamation, is called libel. Defamation of character, whether spoken or in print, can cause serious damage. It can impact a person's career, their relationships with their family and friends, and their mental well-being.

The purpose of defamation laws is to balance the private right to protect one's reputation with the public right to freedom of speech. Defamation law allows people who say or publish false and malicious comments to be sued.

Your defamation attorney has experience both prosecuting and defending claims of defamation. From either side of the equation, your defamation attorney at The Spitz Law Firm knows that reaching a quick and reasonable solution is essential. Nonetheless, when such resolution is not possible, your defamation attorney will not back down from a fight regarding of the size of the opposition - indeed, we have a continue to fight such bloggers as Perez Hilton for defamatory remarks.

Defamation claims have very technical and specialized issues that need the involvement of an attorney with the experience to address these issues. Don't leave your defamation, libel, and/or slander claims to chance. Protect yourself and your reputation.

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