FL, could this be characterized as forum shopping?
I think that the UK has seen a lot of libel suits, even over publications originating elsewhere, supposedly because of the relative ease of winning a libel case in the UK compared to many other jurisdictions, what has been called forum shopping.
Is it so that it might seem to be both easier to win and easier to obtain higher compensation by bringing a case in the USA compared to doing that in Germany, hence this somewhat indirect approach? American juries are notorious for sometimes awarding amazing sums on somewhat tenuous grounds, which is why I ask.