Sentences with phrase «u.s. libel laws»

And the real estate tycoon's recent announcement about how he planned to «open up» U.S. libel laws if elected arguably also falls into this category.

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In order to restrict free speech under U.S. law, one must show that the speech itself causes immediate physical or monetary harm (e.g. child pornography, libel, false advertisement) or that it is likely to result in actions which will cause immediate physical or monetary harm (e.g. «lets go lynch that ^!

U.S. President Obama today signed into law the «Speech Act,» which is aimed at protecting U.S. writers from foreign libel judgments from jurisdictions that, in the opinion of a U.S. court, do not adequately protect freedom of speech.

As reported by The Times of London, five law lords unanimously ruled in favor of a public - interest defense that more closely resembles the «actual malice» standard applied in U.S. libel cases involving public officials and public figures.