Appeals Court Reject’s Ehrenfeld’s Bid to Block ‘Libel Tourism’


The New York Court of Appeals has denied a bid by author Rachel Ehrenfeld to have a U.S. court declare a libel judgment issued against her in the U.K. unenforceable in America. Ehrenfeld filed her suit after Saudi businessman Khalid Salim Bin Mahfouz sued her in the U.K., charging that her 2003 book, Funding Evil, libeled him by asserting that Mahfouz has provided monetary support for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. In December 2004, a U.K. court ruled for Mahfouz even though the book, published in the U.S. by Bonus Books, was never released in the U.K. In addition to monetary damages, the U.K. court ruled that the book could not be published in the U.K. and that Ehrenfeld owed Mahfouz an apology. Article continued at Publisher’s Weekly

December 21, 2007 by Uncategorized

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  1. Bibliofuture says:
    December 21, 2007 at 5:40 am

    Currently the book is still for sale.
    Currently the book is still for sale in the United States. Funding Evil, Updated: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It (Link to book at Amazon)

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