BBC says Trump can’t sue it in Florida, and can’t prove defamation either way
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The U.K.-based broadcaster said the president’s unprecedented legal theory would “have massive implications for foreign companies with online presences.”
The BBC said President Donald Trump can’t sue it for defamation in a Florida court over a documentary that was produced in London that didn’t air in the United States and the British broadcaster even made efforts to stop from being viewed here.
Calling Trump’s legal theory unprecedented, the BBC said a U.S. court endorsing it would “upend personal jurisdiction jurisprudence and have massive implications for foreign companies with online presences.”
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