Libel-us

Britain's law lords have ruled that the press is allowed to publish libelous material if it was done with good intentions and the story was in the public interest, the New York Times reports. This is great news for my bosses, who (since the business is based in Britain) are often threatened with suits under that country's tough libel laws. (Basically, in the UK, the burden of proof lies with the defendant in a libel case, rather than with the plaintiff as it does in the US). This decision makes things a whole lot easier, and should help avoid situations like foreigners coming to Britain to sue publications there just because the laws are so anti-press.