Document Type

Other

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

first amendment, commercial speech, privacy, confidentiality, data mining, HIPAA

Abstract

On April 26, 2011, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Vermont data mining case, Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. Respondents claim this is the most important commercial speech case in a decade. Petitioner (the State of Vermont) argues this is the most important medical privacy case since Whalen v. Roe.

The is an amicus brief supporting Vermont, written by law professors and submitted on behalf of the New England Journal of Medicine

Disciplines

First Amendment | Health Law and Policy | Privacy Law

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