What is 'libel'?

What is 'libel'?

Michael Ehline (Attorney at Law) gives expert video advice on: What is a tort of defamation?; What is 'libel'?; What is 'slander'? and more...

A libel is simply a written form of defamation, where someone makes an untrue statement about another person which subjects them to ridicule or harm. But rather than simply saying it, it's actually published, for example in a newspaper.