They forbid libel and fraud.

Other libel suits involved unproven cancer therapies.

The practice was widely known as libel tourism.

You know you could be sued for libel?

Then you ought to sue us for libel.

And I'm not a defendant in a libel suit.

_Z_ I only consider libel, and racist insults as red lines.

Tomorrow, Mrs. Tilford, you'll have a libel suit on your hands.

Although Tudor faced innumerable lawsuits for libel, he could not be silenced.

In New York, a story of mine brought on a libel suit.

I'm not afraid of a libel suit, because I'm a lawyer myself.

For decades, Britain s libel laws had been living down to Mr. Bumble s expectations.

The ruling only determined that the publication was not considered libel under French law.

_Z_ says that there are only two red lines he never crosses libel, and racism.

Individuals did have the possibility, however, to file a civil or criminal libel suit against the media.

This term was not newly invented for the Sullivan case, but was a term from existing libel law.

But it also emphasized that the agency opposed the inclusion of online libel in the original bill The IT industry knows that since 2007 when the Department of Justice (DOJ) first crafted the consolidated cybercrime bill, internet libel was never a part of any versions.

But prior to the insertion of online libel and other last minute amendments, the bill was actually quietly supported by many people.

(vi) Press laws, libel laws, broadcasting laws and other laws that are respectful of international standards for free expression, opinion and information

The targeting of scientific journals and scientists for exposing charlatans was a leading factor in generating public support for reform of the UK s libel law.

Responding to calls to review the draconian law, Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) vowed to amend the provisions pertaining to defamation, libel, slander, and wiretapping.

In addition, the Committee considers it an aggravating factor that the author's proposed truth defence against the libel charge was ruled out by the courts.

But freedom of expression worldwide received a boost and Britain s reputation for commonsense was somewhat restored in April, when Parliament adopted legislation revising the country s libel law.

British law firms that have apparently made a lot of money representing libel plaintiffs from around the world impeded adoption of the new law through intense lobbying.

The libel suit against Ms. Supinya Klangnarong and the Thai Post filed by Shin Corporation was entirely unrelated to the Prime Minister's former involvement in the company.

Other initiatives to safeguard the populace and promote transparency include the repeal of the criminal libel law and the adoption of amendments to the criminal and penal codes.

Often, their targets had much fewer resources, which meant that a libel suit requiring both sides to spend substantial amounts could be effective in silencing critics even if it did not succeed.

In a TV interview, a spokesperson from the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility said the proposed legislation is unnecessary because Philippine libel law already addresses the issues raised by the senator.

Nature had to contend with a libel suit for pointing out that a physics journal had published many articles by its editor, and that these articles had not been subjected to peer review.

But when two of them, with nothing to lose, defended themselves in court, the result was the longest libel trial in British legal history and a public relations disaster for the corporate giant.

Traditionally, British law imposed two main limitations on the right to free speech. The first prohibited the use of words or expressions likely to disrupt public order the second was the law against libel.

As for Zola, who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus from charges of treason fueled by anti Semitism, he was easily convicted for libel because he merely questioned the motives of witnesses without offering any new evidence.

And libel tourism will be drastically reduced by a new rule that excludes suits from outside the European Union if it cannot be shown that the UK is the most appropriate place to bring the case.

In an age when decriminalization of libel is the trend, this law makes a fatal step back, toward the vault of archaic policies that cannot be made to apply to the modern man operating in a modern world.

Let us recall that it was Sweden s top selling newspaper, Aftonbladet, that last year published an anti Semitic blood libel by alleging that Israeli soldiers routinely murdered Palestinian children and harvested their bodily organs for sale on the international black market.

Most bloggers denounced the attacks on journalists which, according to the official news agency , were based on the Press Code used by the prosecutor to accuse journalists of publication offense, libel, bad intentions and of spreading false information and untruthful facts.

Citizen journalism forums obeying stricter rules to ensure equal power relationships than is typically the case in blogs, strictly designed to balance libel and free speech laws for a local jurisdiction (following laws strictly is part of the open politics ideal).

Previously, corporations and individuals all over the world who claimed that they had been defamed even if those suing or those who allegedly defamed them had little or no connection to the United Kingdom would bring lawsuits for libel in the British courts.

Journalist Mohammad Nazzal was sentenced in absentia to six months in jail and a fine of US 700 over a post he published on Facebook two years ago that contained the sentence the judicial system is as low as my shoes, which authorities say constituted libel and defamation.

It's the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, and they've just got funding to make it an international modern media project, and this is taking all of the best laws around the world about freedom of expression, protection of whistleblowers, protection from libel, source protection, and trying to make Iceland a publishing haven.