US Congress presses Britain to amend 'harmful' libel law

by Afua Hirsch
The Guardian
February 23, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/187/us-congress-presses-britain-to-amend-harmful

Excerpt:

 Pressure on the government to reform the domestic libel law intensified last week after American legislators told Congress that cases heard in London were causing "concrete and profound harm" to the American people.

The Guardian has learned both the Ministry of Justice and the parliamentary committee on media, culture and sport are planning consultations on libel law reforms, as the US takes steps to protect Americans from the English courts.

Earlier this month, an American congressional committee singled out "ridiculous lawsuits" permitted in London and heard that "foreign individuals are operating a scheme to intimidate authors and publishers".

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