Lawyers See Pitfalls for Fast-Food, Alcohol

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NEW YORK Fast-food and alcohol purveyors could soon be subject to the same kinds of class-action lawsuits that led to the virtual demise of cigarette advertising.

That was the consensus of legal representatives of the major advertising associations at an Advertising Week panel discussion called “Advertising and the First Amendment.”

The discussion focused on how the advertising industry can protect itself against large-scale attacks from social interest groups and governmental bodies, such as Congress and local legislators.

“Food





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