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FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION

James H. Davidson believes

in the First Amendment. The former college newspaper editor turned

lawyer turned Senate aide is now one of the most powerful lobbyists in

Washington.

For two decades, Davidson has

been the point man for the advertising industry in free speech issues.

More recently his clients have also included food and beverage companies

in alliance with advertisers. They have joined forces to lead the fight

against the proposed government guidelines on sugar, salt and fat in

food marketed to 2- to 17-year-olds.

Davidson

also says there is no proof that food marketing causes obesity, and

without it, there is no legal basis for restricting the ads.

"The First Amendment protects this type of speech," he said.

Other lobbyists pointed to the

role of potentially unlimited political donations in explaining how

industry has been able to so thoroughly defeat the proposed salt, sugar

and fat guidelines.

In 2009, Congress passed a measure proposed by Harkin and Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) to

ask the FTC and three other agencies -- the CDC, the Department of

Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration -- to draft voluntary

nutrition standards for children's food marketing. The two senators

were motivated by studies showing that children develop lifelong

preferences from watching ads that target them with saltier, sweeter

foods than adults.

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Jim Davidson is a shareholder for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Davidson_%26_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Davidson & Company (page does not exist)">Davidson & Company</a> of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Polsinelli_Shalton_Welte_Suelthaus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus (page does not exist)">Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus</a>, PC in its Washington, D.C. office.

"For nearly twenty years Jim has helped companies and business associations define and achieve their goals in the legislative and regulatory arenas of the federal government. Prior to founding Davidson & Company, Jim’s service on Capitol Hill included Chief Counsel and Staff Director for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure and Chief Counsel of the Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations," a biogrpahical note states. <a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:r5_uUeU1m2kJ:www.pswlaw.com/Practice_Areas/attorneys/bio/JEDAV.htm+%22Polsinelli+Shalton+Welte+Suelthaus%22+Davidson&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=2" class="external autonumber" title="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:r5_uUeU1m2kJ:www.pswlaw.com/Practice_Areas/attorneys/bio/JEDAV.htm+%22Polsinelli+Shalton+Welte+Suelthaus%22+Davidson&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=2" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>

Davidson was Press Secretary to Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO) and Administrative Assistant to Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick. <a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:r5_uUeU1m2kJ:www.pswlaw.com/Practice_Areas/attorneys/bio/JEDAV.htm+%22Polsinelli+Shalton+Welte+Suelthaus%22+Davidson&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=2" class="external autonumber" title="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:r5_uUeU1m2kJ:www.pswlaw.com/Practice_Areas/attorneys/bio/JEDAV.htm+%22Polsinelli+Shalton+Welte+Suelthaus%22+Davidson&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>

In September 2005 the Washington Post reported that "Davidson's stable of clients includes <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=General_Mills" title="General Mills">General Mills</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kraft_Foods" title="Kraft Foods" class="mw-redirect">Kraft Foods</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Association of Broadcasters (page does not exist)">National Association of Broadcasters</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Newspaper_Association_of_America" title="Newspaper Association of America">Newspaper Association of America</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Magazine_Publishers_of_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magazine Publishers of America (page does not exist)">Magazine Publishers of America</a>, and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pharmaceutical_Research_and_Manufacturers_of_America" title="Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America">Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America</a>." <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802172_pf.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802172_pf.html" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>

<h2>Other SourceWatch Resources</h2>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Direct-to-consumer_advertising" title="Direct-to-consumer advertising">Direct-to-consumer advertising</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Direct-to-consumer_advertising_in_the_United_States" title="Direct-to-consumer advertising in the United States">Direct-to-consumer advertising in the United States</a></li>

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<h2>External links</h2>

<ul>

<li>"<a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:r5_uUeU1m2kJ:www.pswlaw.com/Practice_Areas/attorneys/bio/JEDAV.htm+%22Polsinelli+Shalton+Welte+Suelthaus%22+Davidson&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=2" class="external text" title="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:r5_uUeU1m2kJ:www.pswlaw.com/Practice_Areas/attorneys/bio/JEDAV.htm+%22Polsinelli+Shalton+Welte+Suelthaus%22+Davidson&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=2" rel="nofollow">James H. Davidson</a>, accessed August 2006.</li>

<li>Brooke Gladstone, "<a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_062405_pillbox.html" class="external text" title="http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_062405_pillbox.html" rel="nofollow">Pill Box</a>", NPR, June 24, 2005.</li>

<li>Judy Sarasohn, "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802172_pf.html" class="external text" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802172_pf.html" rel="nofollow">Ohio Firm Seeks to Join the Bigs in Election Law</a>", Washington Post, September 29, 2005; A2.</li>

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<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000046808&year=2012">American Advertising Federation</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000046819&year=2012">American Assn of Advertising Agencies</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000047413&year=2012">Assn of National Advertisers</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000461&year=2012">Comcast Corp</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000512&year=2012">Grocery Manufacturers Assn</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021767&year=2012">National Amusements Inc</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000202&year=2012">National Assn of Broadcasters</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000022131&year=2012">National Cable & Telecommunications Assn</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000054676&year=2012">Newspaper Assn of America</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000065045&year=2012">Riddell Sports</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000094&year=2012">Time Warner</a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000030663&year=2012">University of Kansas </a>

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000128&year=2012">Walt Disney Co</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

bshttp://www.polsinelli.com/professionals/jdavidson Davidson counsels companies and business associations on how they

can achieve their goals regarding legislation before Congress or

regulations before federal agencies.

For more than three decades, Jim has effectively represented Fortune

500 companies and leading industry groups on issues involving taxation,

agency regulations, government information policy, media regulation,

privacy, regulation of advertising, health care, appropriations, and

budget policy. Jim is also one of the nation's leading authorities on

media and advertising law. In 2011, a coalition he directed prevented

adoption by federal agencies of a new standard that would have barred

advertising of most food products, including most cereals, whole wheat

bread, and low-fat yogurt. Another coalition persuaded Congress not to

tax certain types of advertising to help pay for the Patient Protection

and Affordable Care Act. In April 2012, Reuters described Jim as “one of

the most powerful lobbyists in Washington” and “the point man for the

advertising industry in free speech issues.”

During his service on U.S. Senate staffs, Jim served as the chief

counsel and staff director of the Judiciary Subcommittee on

Administrative Practice and Procedure, chief counsel of the Governmental

Affairs Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, and special

assistant to Missouri Senator Stuart Symington. He was the principal

Senate staff author of the federal Privacy Act, and of a major amendment

to the Freedom of Information Act. While serving on Senate staffs, Jim

was recognized in the book, Unelected Representatives: Congressional

Staff and the Future of Representative Government.

Following a decade of service on Capitol Hill, Jim formed Davidson

& Company, a government relations firm that later merged with

Polsinelli, one of the nation's top 100 law firms. Jim has served as an

adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American

University. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, The Missouri

Bar, the American Bar Association, and writes the “Eye on Washington”

column for DTC Perspectives magazine. He is a frequent lecturer on media and advertising issues.
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