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But the California defamation laws still needs to be fixed. Read http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2igkke/reddit_ceo_calls_out_former_reddit_employee_as_t
by yuhong 12y ago
But the California defamation laws still needs to be fixed. Read http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2igkke/reddit_ceo_calls_out_former_reddit_employee_as_to/cl2ditf?context=3 http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2igkke/reddit_ceo_ca... (particularly those words highlighted in bold) and weep.
- AYBABTME 12y agoI wouldn't say it's California; it's Common Law. It's a legal system that's pretty much everywhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law#Common_law_legal_systems_in_the_present_day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law#Common_law_legal_sy...
- ars 12y agoI see nothing wrong with that law. If a company wants to say something negative about someone they better be able to prove it.
- yuhong 12y agoI am talking about the automatic damages and the requirement that it must be fact not opinion for example.
- dkbrk 12y agoStatements must be false to be defamatory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Truth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Truth). While Yishan's actions may be considered unprofessional, he is legally in the clear so long as he was not lying. I think you may be confusing defamation with disparagement; if a non-disparagement contract existed, then Yishan could be in legal trouble.