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McLibel Trial Now Longest in British History
Steel and Morris said in a statement about the legal milestone. To prove that they weren't guilty of libel, the activists have presented wide ... the undercover agents distributing the supposedly libelous pamphlet. Whatever the outcome of the trial, activists claim that the trial has backfired on McDonald's. Over 2 million leaflets supposedly have been distributed ...
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Press Articles - A British libel trial puts McDonald's on the grill
British libel trial puts McDonald's on the grill BIG MAC ATTACK A British libel trial puts McDonald's on the grill By Daniel Zoll San Francisco Bay Guardian; 29th January 1997 THE LONGEST TRIAL ... , said during the trial. "Especially those [companies] who spend a fortune pushing their own propaganda." McDonald's secured the services of Richard Rampton, one of the country's top libel lawyers. But ...
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Press Articles - The McEnd is Near In McDonald's Libel Trial
Near In McDonald's Libel Trial The McEnd is Near In McDonald's Libel Trial by Dirk Beveridge London - AP; 20th October 1996; UK ... libel fight with the hamburger giant simmers to a close. The 'McLibel' case, already in the Guiness Book of Records as the longest running civil trial ... price to pay." Some time ago, the McLibel trial became the longest civil trial in British legal history - a fact duly ...
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The trial set a record as the longest trial in English case law, three times the previously longest libel trial. Morris and ... libel suit as filed by McDonald's required the defendants to prove that specific McDonald's foods caused specific diseases. This portion of the trial ... in his book McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial, sums up the significance of the trial: ".....for the first time ever, the ...
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Victory for McLibel 2 against U.K. Government 2005 | Friends of Forests and Free Speech
English legal history - and UK libel laws, breached the European Convention on Human Rights Article 6 (right to a fair trial ... McLibel 2 asserted in Strasbourg that English libel laws and libel court procedures are incompatible with the convention. ... denied a fair trial due to the complex and oppressive nature of the UK libel laws, and the ...
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McLibel
British history, the corporate giant ... Libel laws are stacked against freedom of speech and against ordinary members of the public -- but we are determined to defend the public's right to criticize multinational [corporations]." The actual trial ... anniversary of the trial, the defendants said, "This is already the longest running libel trial in British ...
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Libel Notes
(For example, a divorce lawyer couldn't be sued for libel because of comments made during a trial). Reporters ... but he sued anyway under the state's libel law. Sullivan won the case at the trial court level. Sullivan also won appeals ... prevent damage to Zeran's reputation. He sued AOL for libel. The trial court said that the Communications Decency Act of 1996 ("CDA") ...
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Food, Globalization and Politics
Public Interest Anti-Food Slander Site Mad Cowboy Howard Lyman and the Oprah "Veggie Libel" Trial. UPDATE: In August 2002, Lyman and Oprah won - they finally got the case dismissed - after ...
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Howard Lyman and talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who are on trial in federal court in Texas. The pair are being sued by ... are now law in 13 states, might limit free speech and that trial publicity might overshadow legitimate concerns about the threat of mad cow ... as cows and sheep-back to other ruminants.) Free speech on trial In typical libel cases, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. But ...
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Friends of Red Hill Valley
The third part of the council resolution offers to settle the lawsuit out of court ... impose severe penalties on Red Hill targets. Nineteen-year-old Jonathan Ames was imprisoned without trial and refused bail for six weeks in August and September, even though it was clear ...
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