EHRENFELD:NEW BLOW TO FREE SPEECHUPDATE: Opposing lawyer Reps Al-qaeda Chemical Factory too

Bad decision. Bad news. We need Rachel's law. If we leave it to the libtarded judges we are screwed, blued, and tatooed.

NY court: Saudi billionaire can pursue British claims in the U.S Newsday

The author of a book about financing terrorism can't prevent a Saudi billionaire from trying to enforce a London libel verdict in the United States, a federal appeals court said Monday.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Manhattan author Rachel Ehrenfeld's lawsuit to stop the billionaire, Khalid Salim A. Bin Mahfouz, from trying to collect on a default judgment obtained against Ehrenfeld in London.

Ehrenfeld's attorney, Daniel Kornstein, said he was disappointed by the ruling.

"This is a matter that's not only about Rachel Ehrenfeld. It's about New York writers and publishers generally and their ability to investigate and speak their minds on matter of urgent public interest," he said.

Stephen J. Brogan, a lawyer for Bin Mahfouz, did not immediately return a phone message requesting comment.

The Saudi businessman has made claims against authors and journalists more than two dozen times over writings on terrorism and those who fund it, including Ehrenfeld's 2003 book, "Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed _ and How to Stop It."

Buy that book!

Ehrenfeld wrote that Bin Mahfouz and his family provided financial support to al-Qaida and other "Islamist terror groups."

A 2005 ruling by London's High Court of Justice ordered Ehrenfeld to pay Bin Mahfouz $225,000, declare her writings about him to be false, destroy existing copies of the book and apologize.

Ehrenfeld had then asked a Manhattan court to declare that the London judgment was unenforceable in the United States. A lower court previously said the matter was out of its jurisdiction.

Bin Mahfouz has not tried to collect on the London judgment in the United States.

New York state has a so-called "long-arm" law, which establishes jurisdiction for almost anyone who does business in New York. But New York's Court of Appeals previously found that it does not apply to Bin Mahfouz's case.

The 2nd Circuit also said Monday that Ehrenfeld had failed to asked the lower court to decide whether the First Amendment entitled her to a ruling in her favor and thus could not argue for such a ruling from the appeals court.

UPDATE 3/4: Check this out. Not surprising but terrible. All of it. Jihad is laughing and winning;

Rachel’s Law: Opposing lawyer also represents al-qaeda chemical factory  Creeping Sharia

March 4, 2008

In yesterday’s post Sharia Momentarily Thwarted in NY, the key word was momentarily. The passing of the libel tourism bill couldn’t be celebrated long.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Manhattan author Rachel Ehrenfeld’s lawsuit to stop the billionaire, Khalid Salim A. Bin Mahfouz, from trying to collect on a default judgment obtained against Ehrenfeld in London.

Stephen J. Brogan, a lawyer for Bin Mahfouz, did not immediately return a phone message requesting comment.

It turns out the Stephen J. Brogan is also representing EL-SHIFA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES COMPANY and SALAH EL DIN AHMED MOHAMMED IDRIS. If El-Shifa Pharmaceutical doesn’t ring a bell - it should. [Bin Mahfuz was a partner]

Go, read it all at Creeping Sharia.

Comments

[Shy Guy]

Here's another blow to freedom of speech:

Student who threw Koran in toilet gets community service.

Remember, this is in the United States. Americans, wake up! They're treading on you.

[pythagoras]

If ever there was a call for civil disobedience against the US establiehment this is clearly it.

No laws that actively destroy our liberty should ever be passed in the USA or any western democracy. But that is what we are left with now and we must take action against this ruling.

Dreadful!