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Enhancing The Flow Of Information In The Marketplace: From Caveat Emptor To Virginia Pharmacy And Beyond At The Federal Trade Commission, Dee Pridgen, Ivan Preston Dec 1979

Enhancing The Flow Of Information In The Marketplace: From Caveat Emptor To Virginia Pharmacy And Beyond At The Federal Trade Commission, Dee Pridgen, Ivan Preston

Dee Pridgen

The purpose of this article is to trace the history of commercial speech regulations, with a focus on the development of those FTC remedies that result in better marketplace information for consumers. Section I describes the heritage of the past which prompts FTC law to allow the seller to avoid factual information. The possibility that this loophole might be closed is examined. Section II examines the measures that the FTC has taken under its legislative authority to prompt sellers to provide the public with more information than would otherwise be available. Section III discusses First Amendment developments pertaining to advertising …


Obscenity And The Right To Be Let Alone: The Balancing Of Constitutional Rights, Stephen W. Gard Jan 1973

Obscenity And The Right To Be Let Alone: The Balancing Of Constitutional Rights, Stephen W. Gard

Stephen W. Gard

While on the one hand a conceptual framework for obscenity cases is essential, it is equally true that the Supreme Court has in the past accepted theories proposed by commentators without making significant progress in extricating itself from the quagmire. In light of this situation, the purpose of this Note is not to urge the Court to accept any new theory for dealing with obscenity, but, rather, to suggest a conceptual framework present in the results of its prior decisions and to urge its explicit acceptance by the Court. No attempt will be made to be faithful to all the …