Corporate Free Speech

Sometime this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will announce whether it will accept the case Nike, Inc. v. Kasky. The Court is being asked to consider if the California Supreme Court was correct when it ruled that Nike, Inc. could be sued for false advertising over responses to charges concerning its labor and environmental practices at plants in developing countries. Court observers believe that the case -- which addresses the extent to which the First Amendment protects corporate speech -- could prove among the most important of the coming term.

This past summer, as Nike's appeal was being filed, the Washington Legal Foundation asked Clark S. Judge, managing director of the White House Writers Group, to discuss the case's "impact on business". The foundation published his response as a "Legal Opinion Letter" in late September.

To read Mr. Judge's comments, "Kasky v. Nike: U.S. Supreme Court Review Can Protect Free Public Debate," please click here:

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The White House Writers Group is a high-stakes corporate communications and public policy strategy firm based in Washington, DC. Neither Nike, Inc. nor any party directly or indirectly involved in this suit is a client of the firm.