U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 25, 2011
Court Allows Access to Prescription Data
In a ruling with deep significance in the Information Age, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Thursday a state law protecting information about doctors' prescribing practices from being used to market drugs.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - In its first decision on regulating the sale of personal information to marketers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a state law protecting information about doctors' prescribing practices from being used to market drugs.
The court held 6-3 that Vermont's law, which prohibits the commercial trade of prescription data for marketing purposes, runs afoul of the First A...
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