by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is Commercial Speech? Commercial speech is any speech related to a business entity, brand, practice, or product. Commercial speech is only partially protected under the 1st Amendment from infringement by Government law or action.How is Commercial Speech protected...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is Defamation under the 1st Amendment?Defamation is the publication (open communication) of false statements about others that will knowingly subject that person’s character to ridicule or disrepute. Types of defamation include libel, slander, and trade...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is Political Speech?Political speech includes any form of speech concerning politics, including the spending or donation of money to political campaigns or undertaking political activism.Individuals and corporations are entitled to only limited protection of...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is Overbreadth of a Law?An overbroad law is one that affects or regulates more conduct than is intended to be regulated by the statute or regulation.A law that affects an individual’s freedom of speech potentially violates the individual’s rights...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
How Does the Law Apply to Business Entities?Business entities exist pursuant to state laws recognizing their existence. Further, businesses are subject to and must comply with both federal, state, and local laws in the same way as individuals.What effect does the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law
What is the rule of law?The rule of law is the orderly passage and execution of laws by a governing body. How Does the Rule of Law Work? In the United States, a representative democracy, laws exist to serve or represent the interests of the greatest number of...
