An agreement is a manifestation of mutual assent by two or more persons to one another. It is a meeting of the minds with a common intention made through offer and acceptance. An agreement can be shown from words, conduct and in some cases, even silence.
Commerce refers generally to the activity of exchanging products, goods, and services for financial gain. The word commerce usually is used to mean economic activity broadly on a national or other large scale. Commerce can be used in many contexts but is most commonly used by governments in their constitutions and laws to define the authority of the government to regulate commerce activity.
The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among states, and with the Indian tribes.”
Commercial speech refers to any speech which promotes at least some type of commerce. As established in Central Hudson v. Public Svn. Comm’n, commercial speech is less protected under the First Amendment than other forms of speech.
False advertising is an actionable civil claim under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act. A party who successfully sues for false advertising may be entitled to either damages or injunctive relief.
Media law refers to the regulations of mass media production and use. It includes various types of media forms such as broadcast television, radio, film, internet, and print; however, broadcast media is the most heavily regulated.
Obscenity is a category of speech that is unprotected by the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech and Expression protections. Obscenity laws are concerned with prohibiting lewd, or extremely offensive words or pictures in public. All fifty states have individual laws controlling obscene material.
