Libel costs ‘shackling newspapers’
An Oxford University study has found that conditional fee agreements are proving a bar to UK newspapers defending libel actions.
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Lieberman and Specter introduce ‘libel tourism bill’
US senators Joe Lieberman and Arlen Specter have introduced the Free Speech Protection Act to the Senate. The act is designed to protect journalists, and would give courts the ability to bar enforcement of foreign libel judgments if the material at issue would not constitute libel under US law.
Pakistan ban on reporting on judges
A blanket ban on reporting about superior court judges was implemented by high court judge Mian Najamuz Zaman in Lahore on 13 February.
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