3.0.0 2977 2019-11-15T21:58:57Z 2019-11-15T21:58:57Z Senate S S 2008-05-06 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-06T17:55:23Z Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 110 5814 HR 2008-06-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Related bill CRS 2008-05-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-05-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3793-3794) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-05-06 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-07-25 False Law Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Damages Freedom of speech Injunctions Legal fees Libel and slander Law 00 2008-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-10T22:42:43Z Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country on the basis of the content of any speech by that person that has been published, uttered, or otherwise disseminated in the United States to bring an action in a U.S. district court against any person who, or entity which, brought the suit, if the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law.

Allows the award of treble damages if it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that the person or entity bringing the foreign lawsuit intentionally engaged in a scheme to suppress rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution by discouraging publishers or other media from publishing, or by discouraging financial supporters from employing, retaining, or supporting the research, writing, or other speech of an individual.

]]> Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 Display Title Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of publications or speech in the United States. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2977is/xml/BILLS-110s2977is.xml 2008-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.