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Appeals Court Issues Injunction Halting Maryland Green Marketing Law

Maryland’s effort to police “green” marketing claims in the electricity sector just hit a major constitutional roadblock. In a decision last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered a preliminary injunction against a 2024 Maryland law’s core speech restriction on describing renewable electricity, and sent the remainder of the case back … Continue Reading

Lawsuit Against Maryland Seeks to Have First Amendment Apply to Green Power

A group of energy companies are suing the State of Maryland challenging the recently enacted Senate Bill 1, which restrains truthfully marketing clean energy products including renewable electricity in the State, in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Maryland Declaration of Rights. They assert that the law imposes an unconstitutional “speech … Continue Reading
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