Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

An integral component of any defamation claim – whether slander or libel – is pleading and proving that the false and defamatory statement has caused harm. The plaintiff’s burden of establishing the ...

In the common conception, the doctrine of negligence per se holds individuals or organizations automatically liable for the violation of a statute or regulation. The discerning practitioner should be ...

Under New York law, the concepts of absolute (or litigation) privilege and defamation per se seem directly contradictory—if a statement is defamatory per se, then how can it be privileged? Certain ...