No ‘Publication’ for Defamation Claims 
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Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Robert J. Smith, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts
In this suit by three employees discharged by defendant IBM, the Fairfax Circuit Court sustains demurrers filed by IBM and individual defendants to plaintiffs’ claims for defamation, conspiracy, tortious interference and negligent retention, arising from allegations that plaintiffs were terminated because one plaintiff purportedly violated IBM policy by hiring her brother and then trying to ...
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