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Employee Benefits For The Closely Held Business, Lisa C. Germano
Employee Benefits For The Closely Held Business, Lisa C. Germano
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Representing The Failing Company Where The Irs Is "Knocking On The Door", Craig D. Bell, T. Keith Fogg, George C. Gretes, Nina E. Olson
Representing The Failing Company Where The Irs Is "Knocking On The Door", Craig D. Bell, T. Keith Fogg, George C. Gretes, Nina E. Olson
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Don't Disintegrate Microsoft (Yet), Alan J. Meese
Don't Disintegrate Microsoft (Yet), Alan J. Meese
Faculty Publications
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The Corporate Defamation Plaintiff In The Era Of Slapps: Revisiting New York Times V. Sullivan, D. Mark Jackson
The Corporate Defamation Plaintiff In The Era Of Slapps: Revisiting New York Times V. Sullivan, D. Mark Jackson
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Corporations have increasingly used defamation suits as an offensive weapon. Many of these suits may be defined as SLAPP suits-Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation. These suits, often meritless, are designed to harass and silence a corporations' critics. Following a survey oft he history of defamation law and the protection of free speech, this Note argues that corporations should be treated as per se public figures in defamation suits. This derives from the uniquely public nature of a corporation and an assumption of the risk of defamatory falsehoods that arises from the act of incorporation.Treating corporations in this manner would place …