“Municipal Sign Ordinances in the Post-Reed World: How Can Municipalities Continue to Regulate Signs Without Violating the First Amendment?” written by Attorneys James Ferolo, Allen Wall, and Jonathan Priest of Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, LTD. was recently published in the Vol 46 No. 4 Summer 2022 edition of the SIU Law Journal. This article is intended to serve as a roadmap to help guide municipalities in the aftermath of the Reed v. Town of Gilbert decision on how to regulate signs to promote legitimate governmental purposes without violating the First Amendment. The article examines the historical context for the Reed decision, how other courts have interpreted this decision, as well as the recent Reagan National Advertising of Austin v. City of Austin decision. The full article is available here.
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