May a State Punish a Corporations Public Relations Statements Without Violating the First Amendment?
Nike, Inc. et al. v. Kasky Docket No. 02-575 From: California Supreme Court Case at a Glance The California Supreme Court believes that the concept of “commercial speech” is broad enough to include public relations statements made by a corporation in response to a world-wide debate over corporate policy, when the statements are “likely to influence consumers in their commercial decisions” In Nike, Inc. v. Kasky, the Court must decide whether this definition, as applied to Nike, violates the First Amendment. • Previewed by Bernard James, a professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, Calif.
