Archive for ‘Commercial Speech’

Britain bans airbrushed Julia Roberts make-up ad

by   |  07.28.11  |  Commercial Speech

Britain bans airbrushed Julia Roberts make-up ad More »

Supreme Court: Matching funds in Arizona election law violate free speech

by   |  06.28.11  |  Commercial Speech, political speech

Supreme Court: Matching funds in Arizona election law violate free speech More »

Reverb P.R. Firm Settles Case on Fake Reviews

by   |  08.31.10  |  Commercial Speech, Free Speech

Reverb P.R. Firm Settles Case on Fake Reviews More »

Caucasian Only Ad in Massachusetts Newspaper

by   |  05.29.10  |  Commercial Speech

Caucasian Only Ad in Massachusetts Newspaper. More »

State to force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking

by   |  05.13.10  |  Commercial Speech

State to force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking More »

SCOTUS: Bankruptcy law doesn’t restrict free speech

by   |  03.10.10  |  Commercial Speech, Free Speech

Bankruptcy law doesn’t restrict free speech, Supreme Court says More »

Pizza and Puffery: Domino’s takes on Papa John’s

by   |  02.13.10  |  Commercial Speech

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Saw this ad today by Domino’s Pizza in which the chain references a 2000 appeals court decision in a lawsuit against Papa John’s slogan “Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.” Domino’s lost the suit but now is using the findings that those claims were advertising “puffery” in its own television ad. More »

Court eases business, union election spending rule

by   |  01.21.10  |  Commercial Speech, political speech

This is big news in the political speech arena. Essentially it appears the Court has settled on treating the political advertising more as political speech and less as advertising. More »

District Court Issues Injunction Against Chicago Transit Authority

by   |  01.09.10  |  Commercial Speech, Video Games, video game violence

District Court Issues Injunction Against Chicago Transit Authority. More »

FTC issues rules to end blogger payola

by   |  10.05.09  |  Commercial Speech

FTC issues rules to end blogger payola – On Deadline – USATODAY.com. More »