Small business alert: new development in defamation law
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Small business must beware of new developments in defamation law that have increased their exposure to lawsuits from employees that have been fired or who have moved on to other firms. Small businesses are susceptible to such law suits since they often do not have personnel departments that have knowledge of the latest legal developments concerning employment law and because personnel decisions are often made quickly. Employees, to win a defamation case, must prove that the employer issued a false statement, that the statement hurt the employee's reputation, and that the employer 'published' it, i.e., communicated the statement to a third party. Employers must be cautious about issuing false statements when making personnel actions since the doctrine of self-publication, when employees are compelled to relate adverse personnel decisions to potential employers, may make them guilty of defamation.
Publication Name: Business
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0163-531X
Year: 1990
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A stain in time
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A clinical case study of a 45-year-old woman from northern Ontario with a 2-year history of asymmetric migratory arthralgias involving the left knee, ankles, elbows and fingers is presented. It is found that the patient's heart failure and valvular disease might be related to Whipple's disease and neurologic symptoms occurring in 20 to 43% of patients at the time
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2007
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Roundup at the OK Corral
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Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1979
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