Chapter 12 Reputational Damages

Index

• Section 1 Introduction
• Section 2 Meaning and Proof of Reputation
• Section 3 Common-Law Requirements and the Abandonment of the Per Se/Per Quod Distinction in Defamation
• Section 4 General Damages
• Section 5 Special Damages
• Section 6 First Amendment Requirements
• Section 7 Punitive Damages
• Section 8 Common-Law Requirements
• Section 9 First Amendment Limitations
• Section 10 Statutory Limitations
• Section 11 Single Publication Rule
• Section 12 Reduction of Damages Through Retraction
• Section 13 Reduction of Damages Through Evidence of a Bad Reputation, Negative Publicity, or Other Bad Acts
• Section 14 Mitigation of Damages Through Evidence of Bad Reputation
• Section 15 Mitigation of Damages Through Evidence of Other Negative Publicity
• Section 16 Mitigation of Damages Through Evidence of Other Bad Acts
• Section 17 “Libel-Proof” Plaintiff Doctrine
• Section 18 “Incremental Harm” Doctrine