Wall Street Journal Wins Online Libel Case In English Court

Yousef Jameel, a Saudi Arabian businessman who had sued the Wall Street Journal and its U. S. publisher, Dow Jones, for defamation, claiming that an article on WSJ’s website implied that he funded Osama bin Laden’s activities, has lost his appeal before the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, sitting in London. The defense cited

The case is Jameel and another v. Wall Street Journal Europe, Court of Appeal (Civil Division) [2005] EWCA CIV 74, [2005] ER (D) 38 (Feb), available on LEXIS.