Libel Tourism

Congress: Protect American Writers and Publishers from Being Sued Overseas

Judy Platt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment Rights, Libel Tourism, Free Speech, Congress, Brazilian Law, Writing, Defamation, Brazil, Lawsuit, England, Funding Evil, Saudi Arabia, Libel, New York Times, Publishers, Air Traffic, Mahfouz, Books News
Judy Platt

Your book's been published in the United States for an American audience. Someone who's mentioned in the book doesn't like what you've written and sues you for libel, but he doesn't sue you here, where the book has been published.

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California Acts to Stop Libel Tourism

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libel, Arlen Specter, Chuck Schumer, Libel-Tourism, Free Speech, Terrorism, Hollywood, California, Home News
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

Without the Anti-Libel Tourism Act, every creative enterprise produced in California is at risk of financial destruction at the hands of foreign predators.

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New Yorkers Blaze Free Speech Trail

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England Libel Laws, Libel, Rachel's Law, Khalid Bin Mahfouz, David Paterson, Charles Schumer, Libel Tourism, Media News
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

Last April, Gov. David A. Paterson signed "The Libel Terrorism Protection Act," dubbed by the media as "Rachel's Law," a groundbreaking, bi-partisan effort to protect authors and publishers in New York.

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