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My question involves defamation in the state of: Hawaii

Hello,

My question is, if you are writing a private letter to a company and you say that they are an unethical and corrupt company (I truly believe that), is it considered slander?

Thank you,
JasonJ
The person who reads the letter is not the "corporation", so that could be considered publication. But, since there are unlikely to be damages for such a statement, I think it unlikely you would be sued. It is when statements are widely publicized that a corporation suffers damages and, even if they do not, they will sometimes sue to remove the statement. (aka SLAPP)

But, if you want a specific, legal, answer to your question if this is on a test, "no".