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The affected coach will likely have to hire a lawyer to review and possibly take legal action to address this. Unfortunately, this is not a... Read Answer
This is a classic defamation issue. You will need to actuallt retain a lawyer, typically at some expense, to address this issue. As we do handle... Read Answer
You can't sue the school but you may be able to sue the student who falsely accused you. If you can get her to admit in a letter, text, email or tape... Read Answer
Otherwise slanderous statements made in litigation have qualified privilege, meaning the maker of those statements cannot be sued for libel for... Read Answer
Could be a case if you wanted to spend the money on legal fees initiating it. Such cases are often very expensive to file and fund as they revolve... Read Answer
Call the police. It probably violates some ordinance.
This is a classic example of social media defamation type cases. We handle these type of cases, though they are typically not handled on a... Read Answer
Could be a defamation case. You just need to decide whether you want to invest the money in legal fees to hire a lawyer to pursue it.
This could be a legitimate issue though the damages may be minor. You will need to retain a lawyer to review ALL of the facts an decide what to do... Read Answer
Possibly BUT plan on spending thousands of dollars on legal fees just to start such a case.
You have serval issues here - the defamation one may or may not be viable for several reasons and will require some level of legal analysis and... Read Answer
This is simply a follow the paper trail issue. You need to start with thepayroll department of your job and go from there.
Need to contact an attorney in the county where you live.
This sounds like a classic BOD/HOA/COA battle. As such you will need to be prepared to fund an expensive litigation case out of pocket. This is NOT a... Read Answer
Having handled many such cases you will need to hire a lawyer as some significant expense unfortunately to try to ID the people and sue them.... Read Answer
Sounds like there could be the makings of a defamation case here. The bigger question is do you feel that its worth YOU spending several thousand... Read Answer
You need to look for a lawyer in the county where you live.
You can always sue BUT such cases are rarely "contingent fee" cases where the lawyers get paid from the money they collect in damages. Many... Read Answer
If this is accurate its undoubtedly terrible. The big issue will be trying to assess the damages from such a thing - but this may be worth suing over... Read Answer
Quite frankly, I can't understand what you wrote and what you are asking.
report it to the website hosting the pictures as an abuse. You can sue the person, if you know who it is.
Should you sue is only a question you can answer. Can you sue is likely awlays yes as anyone can sue for about anything. Now - your chances of... Read Answer
Publicly accusing someone of adultery is considered "libel per se"- which means that unlike other types of defamation, you can successfully sue... Read Answer
I handle defamation cases and would be open to discussing your situation. Can you desmonstrate that your business was harmed by the defamatory... Read Answer