While the study did not include every libel case involving news organizations, the center considers the sampling reliable in showing trends in libel litigation.

In late 2012 Marco Houston announced he is publishing an account of the libel litigation with Prince Radu and the dispute within the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family.

Baker & Hofstetler, with 375 attorneys, has a large clientele among newspapers, magazines and broadcasting companies, working in labor relations, libel litigation and other fields.

Unfortunately, quick trials do not diminish the threat to uninhibited debate on issues of public concern posed by abusive libel litigation.

The Ecologist's printing firm at the time, Penwells, feared libel litigation from Monsanto and pulped the 14,000 copies of the edition.

A similar refusal in this country has often sparked libel litigation - only because no other remedy seems available.

Already the Rev. Pat Robertson has succumbed to the siren song of libel litigation.

Headlines screeched his early life as a criminal; he became mired in libel litigation that embittered him while it increased his sales.

What is required is a speedy and effective legal procedure which secures corrections and counter-statements by way of an alternative procedure to libel litigation.

Moreover, the costs associated with libel litigation are onerous for both plaintiffs and defendants.