Mar. 12, 2010
In the UK, Libel Tourist Attractions May Be Closing
John Stephens and Timothy Kevane of Sedgwick discuss the U.S.' countermeasures to Britain's liberal libel laws and how British lawmakers responded.
The United Kingdom has become an international magnet for libel litigation. Defamation law in England has historically favored plaintiffs, with nominal evidentiary burdens that promised easy money to claimants and their counsel. As dissemination of media gradually became a global phenomenon, the inevitable result was for Britain to become the destination of choice for foreign defamation claimants shopping for a friendly forum. All that was needed was a tenuous connection between the u...
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