ACD in the Media

How far can a Saudi sheikh use English law against an American author? CAN the guarantee of free speech in America's first amendment trump English libel law? That is the question facing New York's Court of Appeals, in a case starting on November … [Read more...] about Sheikh It All About

The U.S. media has started to notice Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz's use of British libel laws to silence allegations that he funded al Qaeda. Even the venerable New York Times has featured an essay on the subject, plus an Op-Ed urging … [Read more...] about Chilling Free Speech

Nothing gets a journalist’s attention like a subpoena. While authoritarian regimes silence critics by murdering or jailing them, journalists (and other critics) in the United States face gentler, but still effective, intimidation: libel lawsuits. … [Read more...] about Attorneys Have An Effective New Way To Defeat Islamic Groups’ Libel Suits.

Influential residents of repressive regimes in the Middle East can use a wide range of official measures to counter criticism and suppress dissent. Now, a trio of Western authors contend that one such controversial figure — billionaire Saudi … [Read more...] about British Libel Actions Target Terrorism Books

When it first appeared in 2006, “Alms for Jihad,” an academic book on Islamic charitable networks by two American scholars, drew scant attention. It sold a modest 1,500 copies and received few reviews. But in recent weeks the book has become an … [Read more...] about Libel Without Borders

The most relentless opponent of freedom of speech in England is not MI5, the Downing Street press office or Muslim Council of Britain but a sombre lawyer, whose colleagues can't remember the last time he cracked a joke. Mr Justice Eady has found … [Read more...] about Private Eye

It’s difficult to overstate the importance of this story. The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. required) on Wednesday published an article about Khalid bin Mafouz, a wealthy Saudi banker, and his successful effort to persuade the Cambridge … [Read more...] about Hot Air Audio: How One Wealthy Jihad Supporter Is Using UK Courts To Kill American Free Speech

The New York State Supreme Court has agreed to request to investigate whether the State's law would give a federal court the right to protect one of its citizens from enforcement of an award of damages and a costs order made by an English Court. The … [Read more...] about New York Court Agrees To Examine Libel Case Protection Issue

U.K. libel laws and courts have been among Saudi Arabia’s most successful tools to veil its Islamic proselytization and terrorist funding. The Saudi operator is billionaire Khalid Bin Mahfouz, who has sued or threatened to sue some 36 U.S. and U.K. … [Read more...] about The Fly In The Bin Mahfouz Ointment

Cambridge University Press has agreed to destroy all unsold copies of a 2006 book by two American authors, "Alms for Jihad," following a libel action brought against it in England, the latest development in what critics say is an effort by Saudis to … [Read more...] about Libel Suit Leads To Destruction Of Books