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Definition[]

Libel tourism is

a form of international forum-shopping in which a plaintiff chooses to file a defamation claim in a foreign jurisdiction with more favorable substantive law.[1]

References[]

  1. Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Global Equity Management (SA) Pty Ltd., 2017 WL 5525835, at *11 (N.D. Cal. 2017).
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