Tag: Commercial Speech
Tag: Commercial Speech
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Statement of Principles on Commercial Speech
ALEC recognizes that commercial speech promotes an open society by eliminating arbitrary burdens on speech and is essential for the free flow of information among consumers and private enterprise in…
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I Saw The Sign
“I saw the sign,” sang pop band Ace of Base in the early ‘90s. They probably didn’t realize it, but their song draws attention to a frequently overregulated part…
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Arsenic and Old Law: Regulation, Litigation and California’s Proposition 65 Problem
Walking into a coffee shop in California isn’t quite like walking into a coffee shop in other parts of the United States. The general atmosphere may be much the same:…
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Free Speech a Major Theme at ALEC’s States and Nation Policy Conference
Free speech was a major theme throughout this year’s ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit, so the Center to Protect Free Speech was very busy. The Center was hard at…
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Court Pops San Francisco Officials’ Bubble
Prohibiting speech or compelling speech in the marketplace is not the way to deal with products or services that lawmakers do not like. It is an easy way to get…
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Three (Quick!) Lessons for Legislators about Commercial Speech
Proceed with caution when limiting or compelling commercial speech, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) warns. “Government legislators and regulators should think long and hard before using any speech restraint or…
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Taxes, Pensions and Free Speech On Display in Salt Lake City
The ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform recently hosted a successful regional Tax and Fiscal Policy Academy, with Utah legislative hosts Senator Wayne Niederhauser, Senator Stuart Adams and Representative Kim…
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What Do State Legislators Need to Know About Commercial Speech?
Now that Justice Neil Gorsuch is firmly planted on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court, he is expected to rule on commercial speech, a free speech issue with significant…
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Taxing Free Speech
Why should a small business owner be required to fund advertising for his competitors? David Gersenson and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy are demanding an answer from the Sleeping…
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Online Free Speech: How Free Speech Dies in the Age of Voluntary Agreements, Lawsuits, and Self-Censoring
Free speech is under attack, from both inside and outside of the online community. While newspapers and other printed media outlets have witnessed drastic drops in subscriptions, online forums…
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Protecting Internet Users from Speech-Suppressing Lawsuits
Anti-SLAPP statutes give those sued for expressing their opinions a legal mechanism to get cases dismissed early before legal costs effectively stifle their speech.
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New York Tries to Regulate Home Sharing by Regulating Speech
Update: This article was originally published on June 23, 2016. Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill regulating short term rentals by banning the advertising…