Libel tourism

A libel tourism bill was re-introduced in the House last week by Rep. Peter King (R-NY). The bill, H.R. 1304, would…

The British government is weighing legislative changes aimed at cutting back on the potentially exorbitant costs news outlets face in libel litigation there, the…

The so-called "libel tourism" bill that was introduced in the Senate last year is back on the table. The Free…

Perhaps no one at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing Thursday understood the ramifications of foreign defamation lawsuits better than New…

Even as Congress moves to counterbalance the trans-Atlantic effects of so-called libel tourism, The Guardian reported Thursday that United Kingdom…

The House of Representatives passed a bill over the weekend that would prohibit U.S. courts from enforcing foreign libel judgments…

When Salman Rushdie, the legendary author and worldwide free-speech icon, took up a defamation case against his former bodyguard over an…

As foreign athletes, sports fans and hordes of journalists look toward home with the closing of the Olympics this weekend, free-press…

Gov. David Paterson signed the Libel Terrorism Protection Act on Thursday, helping New York set the pace in protecting American…

New York's legislature on Monday unanimously passed the Libel Terrorism Protection Act, sending the measure – intended to protect American…