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O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 — Short title; purpose | Georgia Code
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TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 9. Workers' Compensation, 34-9-1 through 34-9-432.

ARTICLE 1A WORKERS' COMPENSATION TRUTH IN ADVERTISING ACT

34-9-30. Short title; purpose.

  1. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Workers' Compensation Truth in Advertising Act of 1995."
  2. The purpose of this article is to assure truthful and adequate disclosure of all material and relevant information in advertising which solicits persons to engage or consult an attorney or a medical care provider for the purpose of asserting a workers' compensation claim.

(Code 1981, §34-9-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 6.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Temporary restraining order against enforcement.

- Attorney who provided workers' compensation claim services and used television to advertise the attorney's services had a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of the attorney's First Amendment challenge to the Workers' Compensation Truth in Advertising Act, O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 et seq., and met the four-part test for issuance of a restraining order against enforcement thereof. Tillman v. Miller, 917 F. Supp. 799 (N.D. Ga. 1995).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Constitutional challenges to compelled speech - particular situations or circumstances, 73 A.L.R.6th 281.

Constitutional challenges to compelled speech - general principles, 72 A.L.R.6th 513.

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