Libel tourism threatens free speech

Interesting piece in the Financial Times, English courts in the dock over claims on libel tourism, that merits reading. It begins with an example of "a Ukrainian who was attacked in a Ukrainian newspaper in Ukrainian in the Ukraine" suing for libel in London. But it expands into arguments about whether strict defamation laws here threaten free speech around the world. See also the sidebar on Rachel's law, a New York court ruling that some believe offers greater security to writers.