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's Constitutional First Amendment free speech right to ask the question:<p><a href="http://www.investopedia.com/news/comcast-threatens-sue-city-philadelphia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.investopedia.com/news/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?