Freedom of Commercial Speech
Presented by the BB&T Dialogue Series on Free Speech
A Panel Discussion
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
5:30 PM
LOCATION: College of Liberal Arts Building (CLA) 0.130
PANELISTS
CLARK NEILY - Attorney, Institute for Justice
TAMARA PIETY - Professor, University of Tulsa, College of Law
DAVID BROWN- Journalist, KUT Radio, Texas Standard

PANELISTS WILL CONSIDER SUCH QUESTIONS AS:
- Truth in advertising – should the law police it? And should paid ads have to say that they are paid ads?
- Mandatory disclosure of product information (calorie counts, labor practices) – Do consumers have the right to compel certain speech?
- Confidentiality agreements – May businesses demand silence from employees?
- Would “net neutrality” restrictions liberate speech, or limit speech?
- Occupational Speech – Doctors, designers & many others give advice; tour guides & teachers talk for a living. When a person is paid for his speech, should he need a license?
- Does the exchange of money alter individuals’ speech rights?
- To what extent can you separate free enterprise & free speech? Can either exist without the other?
- Does a business hold the same First Amendment rights as a person?
MORE ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

After earning his BA & law degrees from the University of Texas, Neily clerked for Judge Royce Lamberth on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He then worked as a litigator with the Dallas-based firm Thompson & Knight before moving to IJ.
Mr. Neily is the author of the recent book, Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government, in which he defends “Judicial Engagement,” an alternative both to illegitimately “activist” courts and passively pliant courts.

Professor Piety earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Florida International University; her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where she was the Executive Editor of the Harvard Women's Law Journal. At Miami, she was one of 10 students who participated in a special seminar with the late Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan.
Professor Piety clerked for the Honorable Peter T. Fay of the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable Irving L. Goldberg on the Fifth Circuit. In Spring 2015, she will be a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School’s Information Society Program.
Mr. Brown holds a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He entered radio journalism thanks to a love of storytelling, an obsession with news, and a desire to keep his hair long and play in rock bands. An political junkie with a passion for pop culture, Mr. Brown has reported from bases in Washington, London, Los Angeles, and Boston and has anchored in-depth public radio documentaries from India, Brazil, and various points across the United States and Europe.