(August 7, 2019, 8:20 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A former sales representative who was fired for working with an outside broker failed to show that she was defamed in her employer’s investigative report because her claims that she had been accused of receiving kickbacks were not supported by the report and because truth is a defense against her claims that she was accused of concealing her working relationship in violation of her employer’s policy, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 2 (Stephanie Warren v. Federal National Mortgage Association, No. 18-11211, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23233)....