US Congress passes libel tourism bill

The US Congress has approved a bill aimed at protecting US writers from libel tourists using English courts to pursue defamation claims. The SPEECH (Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage) Act now goes to President Obama to be signed into law. Watch Congressman Steve Cohen speak on the bill: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1wjBFIl66w Read the text of the bill here

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28 Jul 10