Tort of Product Disparagement.
Discusses the tort of product disparagement in contrast with the law of defamation. Reviews the State common law privileges and malice requirement of product disparagement cases, and considers the applicability to product disparagement of the constitutional constraints on defamation cases. The tort...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1989.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Discusses the tort of product disparagement in contrast with the law of defamation. Reviews the State common law privileges and malice requirement of product disparagement cases, and considers the applicability to product disparagement of the constitutional constraints on defamation cases. The tort consists of the publication, with malice, of false statements to third persons whose resulting action causes loss to the plaintiff. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |