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Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today, The Essentials 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

النسخة 10الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-1133191353
book Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today, The Essentials 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller cover

Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today, The Essentials 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

النسخة 10الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-1133191353
تمرين 2
ISSUE SPOTTERS
Can a state, in the interest of energy conservation, ban all advertising by power utilities if conservation could be accomplished by less restrictive means? Why or why not?(See pages 18?19.)
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Commercial speech
Commercial speech basically refers to the speech as stated by the Supreme Court where the intended audience is potential or actual or commercial customer, where the speaker is likely to get involved in the commerce and lastly the message is commercial in character as far as the content of the same is concerned.
In this case, if the commercial speech is not misleading or associated with illegal activities. Thus it cannot be restricted if the state is not able to achieve substantial interest pertaining to less restrictive means. Since the interest underlying this situation is substantial which is not achieved. Therefore it would act as defense for the utilities against the law being enforced by the state
Hence it is ascertained that state is not entitle to ban advertisement by the power utilities pertaining to interest underlying conservation of energy.
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