New York Attorney General Sues to Dissolve National Rifle Association Posted on August 6, 2020 Corporate Abuse of Power New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in New York state court against the National Rifle Association and four top executives. The complaint charges the executives with diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership, awarding contracts to the financial gain ofRead More
FSFP Joins Coalition Of Non-Profit Organizations In Campaign To Stop Hate And Disinformation on Facebook. Posted on July 2, 2020 (July 3, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power FSFP recently signed on to a letter urging Facebook to take action against hate and disinformation on its platform. The #StopHateForProfit campaign, led by a coalition of non-profit organizations, is calling on businesses to boycott advertisements on Facebook until the company takes specific steps to stop the promotion of “hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence.”Read More
Cell phone industry loses First Amendment challenge to consumer protection law Posted on July 9, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power On July 2d, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld mandatory consumer safety warnings for cell phones against a corporate First Amendment challenge by the cell phone industry’s lobbying group. For more details on the background of this case, see our blog post from 2015. The following blog post about the newRead More
Corporations, the Constitution, and Democracy Posted on October 27, 2015 (June 9, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People and Loyola Law School invite you to attend a special symposium Friday, November 20, 2015 12:00pm – 4:30pm Robinson Courtroom, Loyola Law School, 919 Albany St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 “The Future of Corporate Constitutional Rights Litigation and Theory” 12pm – 1:10 pm Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Irvine School of LawMargaret M. Blair,Read More
CORPORATIONS, THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEMOCRACY Posted on September 28, 2015 (May 18, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Please join us for an all-day legal symposium at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, which will include scholars from across the country to discuss new scholarship and legal arguments challenging the doctrines underlying the Citizens United ruling and to advance a new jurisprudence in defense of our democracy.* Friday, November 20 9:00am-4:30pm Your RSVP is requested.Read More
Advancing a New Jurisprudence for American Self-Government and Democracy Posted on June 26, 2015 (May 13, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power A legal symposium co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and Free Speech For People November 7, 2014 Symposium Participants Mark Alexander, Seton Hall Law John Bonifaz, Free Speech For People Ben Clements, Free Speech For People Jeff Clements, Free Speech For People John Coates, Harvard Law School Caroline Mala Corbin, University ofRead More
Our Model Corporate Charter Revocation Act Posted on March 13, 2015 (June 3, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power What is corporate charter revocation? Corporations are created by state law when the state government issues a corporate charter. A corporate charter provides special benefits that are not available to citizens, such as limited liability and perpetual life. In general, grant of these privileges through a corporate charter serves the public interest because corporations promoteRead More
FSFP FILES AN AMICUS BRIEF IN IFA V. SEATTLE Posted on October 2, 2014 (May 18, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power MINIMUM WAGE UNDER FIRE IN SEATTLELegal Advocacy Group Says Workers’ Rights Are At Stake SEATTLE, WA — Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy and public education organization, is joining the defense of Seattle’s new “living wage” law, now under fire from the International Franchise Association, the National Restaurant Association, and other industryRead More
How Corporate Schools Rip Off Taxpayers, Families and Students Posted on May 16, 2012 (June 17, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Original post appeared on Corporations Are Not People By Jeff Clements May 16, 2012 Read More
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Hardball with Chris Matthews, explaining the corrupting impact of Citizens United. Posted on May 7, 2012 (June 17, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Montana Governor Brian Scweitzer (D) and his Lieutenant Governor, John Bohlinger (R) on Thursday became the first two Montanans to sign the petition to put a question calling for a US consitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United on the state’s ballot this November. Read More