Law of Defamation offers a comprehensive analysis of defamation law, useful to legal practitioners and other professionals, including professors, publishers, and media industry experts. Updated every year, this two-volume set provides step-by-step guidance to all the legal and business complexities posed by modern libel law and addresses topics, such as: Definition of public employee Corporate speech Recipient approach to determining defamatory character of words Criminalization of mere “lies” Preliminary injunctions Right of publicity and the First Amendment Public figure/private figure dichotomy Fault requirements Defamatory meaning Truth as a constitutional defense Opinion and fair comment Special harm Libel and slander rules Common law privileges Damages and other remedies Invasion of privacy Emotional distress Injurious falsehood Negligent publication Litigation Counseling and strategy Defamation in the workplace Checklists and charts detailing accepted guidelines and procedures are included.