Conrad Black can sue accusers in Ontario

Court of Appeal issues ruling giving Black the right to seek libel damage from former directors of Hollinger for calling the firm a "corproate kleptocracy." The judges further said: “it would be unfair to deprive (Black) of a trial before the community in which his reputation has been damaged .... there is no unfairness in requiring the defendants – sophisticated businessmen who targeted the Canadian media and who reasonably foresaw the possibility that their conduct in posting the statements on the Internet would cause damage to Black’s reputation in Ontario – to defend defamation actions brought in Ontario, where both the tort and the damages occurred.” Linked to Globe and Mail story.