A federal law passed in late July making it harder to enforce foreign libel judgments is great news for journalists in 46 states. Unfortunately, for those in the remaining four, it may have the unintended consequence of weakening the protection they already enjoy under analogous state law provisions.
Congress passed the Speech Act to combat “libel tourism,” the practice of intimidating U.S. authors by suing them in foreign jurisdictions less protective of free speech rights.
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