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Public figure

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004021

An individual who has achieved widespread notoriety or voluntarily injected themselves into a public controversy, thereby having a reduced expectation of privacy. In defamation lawsuits, public figures must prove that a defamatory statement was made with actual malice, meaning with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for the truth. This standard is higher than for private individuals.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004021
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004021",
  "term": "Public figure",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An individual who has achieved widespread notoriety or voluntarily injected themselves into a public controversy, thereby having a reduced expectation of privacy. In defamation lawsuits, public figures must prove that a defamatory statement was made with actual malice, meaning with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for the truth. This standard is higher than for private individuals.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/public-figure/"
}

Record 4,070 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.