12 Cited authorities

  1. Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm'n

    558 U.S. 310 (2010)   Cited 1,590 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Holding that disclaimer and disclosure requirements are subject to exacting scrutiny
  2. Central Hudson Gas Elec. v. Public Serv. Comm'n

    447 U.S. 557 (1980)   Cited 2,052 times   105 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a restriction on commercial speech must directly advance a substantial governmental interest
  3. Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel

    471 U.S. 626 (1985)   Cited 608 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Holding that attorney advertisement promising "if there is no recovery, no legal fees are owed by our clients" was potentially misleading because "members of the public are often unaware of the technical meanings of such terms as 'fees' and 'costs' — terms that, in ordinary usage, might well be virtually interchangeable"
  4. Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States

    559 U.S. 229 (2010)   Cited 282 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protect Action of 2005 plainly covers lawyers as “debt relief agencies”
  5. Matter of Jacob

    86 N.Y.2d 651 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 138 times
    Holding that “the unmarried partner of a child's biological [parent], whether heterosexual or homosexual, who is raising the child together with the biological parent, can become the child's second parent by means of adoption.”
  6. N.Y. St. Rest. v. N.Y. City Bd.

    556 F.3d 114 (2d Cir. 2009)   Cited 94 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding required “disclosure of calorie information in connection with a proposed commercial transaction—the sale of a restaurant meal”—is “clearly commercial speech” notwithstanding state restaurant association's claim that the disclosure required restaurants “to cram calorie information down the throats of their customers”
  7. Overstock.com, Inc. v. N.Y. State Dep't of Taxation & Fin.

    2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 2102 (N.Y. 2013)   Cited 60 times   4 Legal Analyses

    2013-03-28 OVERSTOCK.COM, INC., Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE et al., Respondents. Amazon.com, LLC, et al., Appellants, v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance et al., Respondents. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, New York City (Daniel S. Connolly and Rachel B. Goldman of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City (Randy M. Mastro and Oliver M. Olanoff of counsel), and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Julian

  8. Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Transp.

    687 F.3d 403 (D.C. Cir. 2012)   Cited 21 times
    Determining that Zauderer applied and was satisfied, but also ruling that the DOT rule survived Central Hudson scrutiny
  9. People v. Fulvio

    136 Misc. 2d 334 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 1987)   Cited 8 times
    Finding the law unconstitutional because “it is not the act which is outlawed, but the word given that act”
  10. Section 1601 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1601   Cited 7,805 times   52 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that TILA's disclosure requirements exist “so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit”
  11. Section 1602 - Definitions and rules of construction

    15 U.S.C. § 1602   Cited 1,868 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Granting Federal Reserve authority to issue rules to carry out the CARD Act
  12. Section 1666f - Inducements to cardholders by sellers of cash discounts for payments by cash, check or similar means; finance charge for sales transactions involving cash discounts

    15 U.S.C. § 1666f   Cited 16 times   1 Legal Analyses

    (a) Cash discounts With respect to credit 1 card which may be used for extensions of credit in sales transactions in which the seller is a person other than the card issuer, the card issuer may not, by contract or otherwise, prohibit any such seller from offering a discount to a cardholder to induce the cardholder to pay by cash, check, or similar means rather than use a credit card. (b) Finance charge With respect to any sales transaction, any discount from the regular price offered by the seller