Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires About Salary History
An important detail: Comcast, backed by the local Chamber of Commerce, has threatened to sue the city over this law. On what basis? The corporation&#x27;s Constitutional First Amendment free speech right to ask the question:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;comcast-threatens-sue-city-philadelphia&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;comcast-threatens-sue-city-...</a><p>Are these the same free speech rights the Supreme Court recently bestowed on the corporations? I remember that at the time legal analysts said it would make it hard to regulate corporations. How can you regulate, for example, what goes in a prospectus issued to shareholders if the corporate has free speech rights?