3.0.0 449 2019-11-15T21:57:42Z 2019-11-15T21:57:42Z Senate S S 2009-02-13 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2010-02-23T16:39:32Z Referred to 2009-02-14T00:03:05Z Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 111 1304 HR 2009-08-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Related bill CRS 2010-02-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2009-02-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-02-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2342-2343) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-13 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. 2009-02-13 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-02-13 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-05-06 False Law Civil actions and liability First Amendment rights Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2009-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-31T18:38:17Z Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country for defamation 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: (1) the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law; and (2) the person or entity which brought the foreign lawsuit serves or causes to be served any documents in connection with such foreign lawsuit on a U.S. person.

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.


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