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Grisham libel suit dismissed
A US Federal Court judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against best-selling author John Grisham and two other writers over books they wrote about the wrongful conviction of two men in a 1982 mur...
PEN sets up 'libel watch' in the UK
Free-speech group PEN has set up a 'libel dossier' in the UK, and is asking publishers to alert it whenever they are asked to change a book on legal advice.
US free speech groups speak out against 'libel tourism'
Nineteen US-based free-speech organisations have been lobbying the Senate to pass a bill that will prohibit foreign libel judgments from being enforced in the US.
NY approves 'libel tourism' bill
New York State has a new law that will make it harder for 'libel tourists' to threaten authors and publishers with foreign libel suits.
US court rejects 'libel tourism' case
The New York Court of Appeals has denied a bid by author Rachel Ehrenfeld to have a US court declare a libel judgment issued against her in the UK unenforceable in America.
Bid to outlaw 'libel tourism'
Author Rachel Ehrenfeld has launched a groundbreaking legal case in the US against one of the richest men in the world, the Saudi investment banker Khalid bin Mahfouz, in an attempt to prevent 'l...
Orion wins landmark UK libel case
The Orion Group (part of Hachette) and one of its authors have won a landmark ruling in the UK's Court of Appeal which could help protect the viability of future books based on investigative...
US publisher criticises CUP for pulping book
Jeffrey A Stern, president and publisher of Los Angeles-based Bonus Books, has criticised Cambridge University Press' decision to destroy all unsold copies of their 2006 book Alms for Jihad by America...
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