by Larry T | Feb 17, 2026 | Defamation
According to Florida law, the plaintiff bears the initial obligation to establish the essential elements of a defamation claim, including publication, falsity, the requisite level of fault, defamatory meaning, and resulting damages. For this reason, Florida courts...
by Alan Sackrin | Dec 3, 2024 | Defamation, FAQs
Cyber defamation refers to defamatory words or images made through electronic communications, such as emails, social media posts, blogs, or other online platforms. All defamation, including cyber defamation, generally involves making false statements about someone...
by Alan Sackrin | Oct 9, 2024 | Defamation
According to Florida law, business defamation generally involves the publication of false statements that injure a person’s business reputation or reduce their commercial goodwill. This can include causing harm to a person’s trade, profession, the way they...
by Alan Sackrin | Jan 9, 2024 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, every repetition of a defamatory statement is considered a publication: Florida law establishes a two-year statute of limitations for actions for “libel and slander.” § 95.11(4)(g), Fla. Stat. (2014). The statute of limitations begins to run...
by Alan Sackrin | Dec 12, 2023 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, a court determines if a statement is defamatory by examining it in the context of its publication, considering all the surrounding circumstances: To determine whether a statement is actionable, the court must examine it in the context in...
by Alan Sackrin | Mar 28, 2023 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, a statement that an employee was drunk on the job was defamatory in nature: In this case, the alleged statements were clearly defamatory in nature. Alexrod v. Califano, 357 So.2d 1048 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). Publications which impute to another...
