What is the definition of defamation and what is the test for defamation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Youngevity Int'l Corp. v. Smith, Case No.: 16-cv-704-BTM-JLB (S.D. Cal. 2017):
Defamation "involves (1) a publication that is (b) false, (c) defamatory, and (d) unprivileged, and that (e) has a natural tendency to injure or that causes special damage." Taus v. Loftus, 40 Cal.4th 683, 720 (2007).
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