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• x0x0 12y ago
  from your link Defamation is an injury to the reputation or character of someone resulting from the false statements or actions of another [...] In order to be defamatory the statement must be, of course, false. false statements if Yishan lied, then yes -- there is defamation. Otherwise, it seems little different than the rest of the US. BTW, any competent hr department, or legal, or even co-employers like many startups use , will have had you build a paper trail -- emails, notes on conversations, a pip -- to justify firing for cause.
  • yuhong 12y ago
    The statement must also seem to state a fact, or that it is based on fact, rather than an opinion, or based only on opinion. And the automatic damages too.
    • x0x0 12y ago
      please do this alias hnquote='pbpaste | fold -s -w 77 | sed "s/^/ /g" | pbcopy' edit: nm, you already did; thanks