Monday, December 21, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
L. Gordon Crovitz: A Town Called Sue - London doesn't want to be a destination for 'libel tourism.' - '...Members of Parliament plan changes to ancient libel laws in response to London's having become the preferred venue for litigious Saudi bankers, Russian oligarchs, squabbling academics and American celebrities. The plaintiffs are increasingly authors and bloggers who are more sympathetic than the big-media defendants of past years. Justice Secretary Jack Straw says he'd like to stop "libel tourism," while giving people in England more of the free speech that the Web enables...'
