Question juridique clé
Whether the article of 31 January 2003 denigrated UEB through false statements
Solution extraite
Only the false statement about the Guinean minister's private account was denigrating; the other challenged passages were not unfair denigration.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 3 let. a LCD, only statements that are inaccurate, misleading, or needlessly insulting count as denigration. The article's general portrayal of a dispute and the report of Stauffer's thesis were not enough. The false account-reference, however, suggested illicit complicity and harmed UEB's market reputation.