legal threats driving hc offshore

In the current lull it might be an opportune time to reflect on this article from today's SMH.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-habits-of-empire-die-hard-as-it-is-writ-large-20130210-2e6ke.html

Also, from last October:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/empire-board-strikes-back-as-feud-hots-up-20121026-289i4.html

"In the US, freedom of speech is protected under the constitution. In Australia, defamation laws enacted a century before the internet are supposed to protect people's reputations from unfair attack. In reality, they can be exploited to undermine free speech and protect powerful people and corporations from scrutiny."

Rather concentrates the mind to realise that company directors can use shareholder's money to sue them.