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Commercial Speech

DTE, Consumers Sue To Block ‘Money Out of Politics’ Proposal Approved by Voters

The state’s largest utilities argue that the new law — approved by more than 80% of voters in Tuesday’s election — will violate their free speech rights and other provisions of the US Constitution.

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After Win at the Ballot Box, the Montana Plan Draws Legal Challenge

The lawsuit alleges the initiative violates First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.

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Nonprofit That Rates Hospitals Claims Its First Amendment Rights Were Violated in Florida Hospital Dispute

The core question of the case — which pits consumer protection law against the First Amendment — asks how the First Amendment protects ratings and reviews if claims arise that the methodology behind those reviews is unfair and misleading.

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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks the Pentagon From Branding AI Firm Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk

Anthropic had asked the judge to issue an emergency order to remove a stigma that the company alleges was unjustifiably applied as part of an “unlawful campaign of retaliation."

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DraftKings Says It Has Used ‘March Madness,’ Other Terms for 5 Years in Response to NCAA Complaint

DraftKings said its use of the terms is protected under the First Amendment, arguing the NCAA’s trademark claim would fail on the merits.

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California Law Requiring Companies To Report Climate-Related Financial Risk Paused

The state has argued that the laws don’t violate the First Amendment because commercial speech isn’t protected the same way under the Constitution.

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Business Groups Ask Supreme Court To Pause California Climate Reporting Laws in Emergency Appeal

The state has argued that the laws don’t violate the First Amendment because commercial speech isn’t protected the same way under the Constitution.

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The second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, in Washington

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Looking To Offer Much More Than Ultrasounds and Diapers

The push could get more momentum with Planned Parenthood closing some clinics and considering shuttering others following changes to Medicaid.

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