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The Heroic Corporation And First Amendment Romanticism: A Response To Professorsredish And Neuborne, Tamara R. Piety Dec 2013

The Heroic Corporation And First Amendment Romanticism: A Response To Professorsredish And Neuborne, Tamara R. Piety

Tamara R. Piety

Response to book reviews of my book "Brandishing the First Amendment" by Martin Redish and Burt Neuborne.


The New First Amendment And Its Implications For Combating Obesity Through Regulation Of Advertising, Tamara R. Piety, Samantha Graff Dec 2011

The New First Amendment And Its Implications For Combating Obesity Through Regulation Of Advertising, Tamara R. Piety, Samantha Graff

Tamara R. Piety

This chapter reviews the recent decisions of the Supreme Court as they bear on attempts to combat childhood obesity through regulating marketing and concludes that attempts to regulate marketing will face substantial First Amendment obstacles in the courts.


Citizens United And The Threat To The Regulatory State, Tamara R. Piety Dec 2009

Citizens United And The Threat To The Regulatory State, Tamara R. Piety

Tamara R. Piety

This brief essay, intended for publication in electronic form, discuses the connection between Citizens United v. FEC and the commercial speech doctrine arguing that Citizens United is likely to serve as ammunition to expand protection for commercial speech.


Free Advertising: The Case For Public Relations As Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety Jan 2006

Free Advertising: The Case For Public Relations As Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety

Tamara R. Piety

The commercial speech doctrine has suffered from definitional ambiguity. Some commentators have argued that the doctrine's application should be limited to speech that is clearly advertising and should not be extended to cover speech by a corporation on matters of public concern. This is of particular concern with respect to public relations communications about labor or environmental practices (to name just two examples) which industry advocates argue should be treated like fully protected speech. In this article I argue that because all for-profit corporate speech is in furtherance of its commercial purpose, public relations speech should be presumptively covered by …