American courts have traditionally established a high bar for proving libel or slander. So a growing number of potential plaintiffs are heading overseas to sue Americans in foreign courts. Critics call it "libel tourism". Now American lawmakers are close to passing a proposal that would prevent it. Kojo gets an update on the debate, and speaks with a journalist who found herself on the wrong end of an international libel lawsuit.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2008-10-02/libel-tourism
"Libel Tourism"
Listen Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. in Law
CD or 
TRANSCRIPT of this program.
Guests
John Morris
Director of the Internet Standards, Technology and Policy Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
Rachel Ehrenfeld
Author, "Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It"; Director, American Center for Democracy, Center for the Study of Corruption & the Rule of Law
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