‘Libel Tourism’ Threatens Free Speech

Mon, Jan 12, 2009

Legal

The farce of foreigners suing Americans for defamation in overseas forums, where the law does not sufficiently protect free speech, is so well-known that it has a fitting nickname: libel tourism. And London is its hot destination.

© 2009 The Wall Street Journal (full story)

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