Sandler v. Simoes

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• “Moreover, as with other defamation claims, a claim of trade libel may be defeated by a showing that the subject statements, when read in context, would be perceived by a reasonable person to be nothing more than personal opinion.”
• “A party alleging trade libel must establish that the communication was a substantial factor in inducing others not to conduct business with it and, unlike libel per se, must adduce proof of special damages in the form of lost dealings.”
• “A party alleging trade libel must establish that the communication was a substantial factor in inducing others not to conduct business with it and, unlike libel per se, must adduce proof of special damages in the form of lost dealings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).