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UNIFORM CORRECTION OR CLARIFICATION OF
DEFAMATION ACT

PURPOSE:
Under this act, a person must make a timely request for a correction or clarification from the publisher of a defamation in order to maintain an action for defamation. If the publisher of the defamation subsequently publishes a timely correction or clarification in a manner to reach the same public that the defamation reached, the defamed person can only receive economic losses if he or she prevails in a defamation action.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 1993.

ENDORSED BY:
American Bar Association