Venable partner Randy Miller was quoted in an article in ars Technica on August 17, 2017, regarding Venable's client, Sharp Corp., filing a lawsuit in Washington, DC, federal court to lift a gag order barring the electronics maker from discussing ongoing arbitration against Chinese state-owned Hisense Co. Ltd., attacking what it called a blatant First Amendment violation by a Singapore arbitrator.
"This is not the way our free market economy works. It depends on vibrant and robust commercial speech. You can point out comparisons, or shortcomings, in a competitor’s product—the First Amendment protects that," said Miller.
"This is not the way our free market economy works. It depends on vibrant and robust commercial speech. You can point out comparisons, or shortcomings, in a competitor’s product—the First Amendment protects that," said Miller.