The Cardigans are a very progressive with the way they do business especially with keeping up with the latest laws and cases that pertain to individual rights and the impact that the laws have on business. They are planning to introduce a new line of clothing called Scantily Clad with the slogan So light You Wont Know You are Wearing a Thing! The local television station WBLAH told Candie Cardigan that it would not air such a commercial due to content. Furthermore that it was not appropriate for children to view it. The Cardigans believe that this is old law and believe that they are protected under the First Amendments Freedom of Speech.
Your supervising attorney and one of CARDWAREs Corporate Counsel Rice E. Roni would like for you to analyze case law in your state as well as the First Amendment Freedom of Speech and determine if the Cardigans have a right to have their commercial aired or not. Be sure to discuss whether or not WBLAH is unreasonably abridging the Cardigans rights guaranteed to the individuals under the First Amendment. Your response is to be in the form of a memorandum instructions which are provided below.
Rice E. Roni scribbled a few notes on a sheet of paper to help you with your research.
First Amendment and Censorship. (n.d.). Retrieved June 10 2016 fromhttp://entertainmentlaw.uslegal.com/censorship/first-amendment-and-censorship/#sthash.AnrMIuEN.dpufPlease determine if this is good law or not and whether or not it applies to our situation.
Assignment Instructions
You are the paralegal working for CARDWAREs corporate counsel and have been asked to draft a 23-page double-spaced memorandum to Rice E. Roni Corporate Counsel of CARDWARE Inc.and discuss the following:
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Note: Your memorandum length of 23 pages is separate from the cover sheet and reference page.