Does a lawyer’s website constitute free speech, or is it commercial free speech, which is afforded lesser protection under the First Amendment? It’s an important question a trial court soon will address because of the appellate work done by Lubbock attorney Robert Hogan.

The background to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ Oct. 30 decision in Gibson v. Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation, et al. is as follows.