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Old 06-01-2006, 02:20 AM   #27 (permalink)
John Scott
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No. You can't sue someone for disliking you, or saying bad things about you.

You can sue somebody for saying bad things about you if they are untrue. It's called defamation. (There are two kinds of defamation - slander, if spoken; libel if written.)

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You can only sue someone for slandering/libeling you, and you can only recover actual damages.
Not true. Many states allow punitive damages in defamation cases.

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You can't sue someone for incorporating your company name in their domain name.
You can, if it is confusingly similar.
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