Inc. Florida Bar v. Went For It - Impact

Florida Bar v. Went For It, Inc. was a reversal of the direction the Court had taken since the 1970s, that of extending further protection to commercial speech. The 5-4 decision of the Court left it unclear, however, how the Court will view future controversies regarding commercial speech, since only one justice viewing even a minor point differently in a different set of facts could conceivably result in a different outcome. In a Villanova Law Review article highly critical of the Florida Bar decision, Tara L. Lattomus claimed that "In the near future, attorneys can expect stricter regulation on advertising and their First Amendment rights relating to commercial speech."