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Is libel reform now really possible?

@dw "Corporations don't have feelings!" Indeed they don't, but then libel isn't about isn't about hurt feelings. That would be more in the line of the tort of intentional infliction of mental suffering. Libel is about reputation which is an important asset in a business. Damage to the reputation of a business occasions exactly the same loss in regard to reputation when the business is a corporation as it does if the business is a sole proprietorship, for example, a lawyer practicing on her own. And damages are not necessarily the important factor but rather the ability to obtain an injunction to prevent further damage to reputation.

25-Mar-2010

1:05 am