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Supreme Court Says Vermont Law Restricting Prescribing Data Is Unconstitutional
Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Vermont's law restricting the sale of doctors' drug-prescribing information to data miners for use in marketing drugs to doctors is an unconstitutional, impermissible restriction on free speech content and on... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , drugs , pharmacies , data miners , Verispan , IMS Health , William H. Sorrell v. IMS Health , marketing drugs , Vermont Statutes , Source Healthcare Analytics , doctors , Vermont , Litigation , First Amendment , drug-prescribing information , free speech , Prescription Confidentiality Law

Supreme Court Justices Weigh Constitutionality Of Vermont Law Restricting Prescribing Data
Posted on 26 Apr 2011 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) U.S. Supreme Court justices on April 26 questioned why Vermont needs to hide doctors' prescribing habits from drug sales representatives or if the state has a sound public policy reason for doing so ( William H. Sorrell... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , drugs , pharmacies , drug sales representatives , data miners , Verispan , IMS Health , Food and Drug Administration , Source Healthcare Analytics , doctors , Vermont , Litigation , lawsuit , William H. Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.

Kansas Abortion Doctors Sue To Block State Rules
Posted on 29 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

TOPEKA, Kan. - (AP) Two doctors who perform abortions in Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block a new licensing law and regulations that abortion rights advocates fear will make Kansas the first state in the country without an abortion provider... Read More

Tags: Planned Parenthood , Aid for Women , Overland Park , abortion , Sam Brownback , Herbert Hodes , Traci Nauser , abortion rights , doctors , Kansas , Kansans for Life , Kansas Department of Health and Environment , Litigation , Center for Women's Health , lawsuit

Indiana Ruling Halts Caregiver Choices Based On Race
Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

INDIANAPOLIS - (AP) Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor, unable to stand. But Chaney couldn't help the woman up. She had to search for a white aide... Read More

Tags: Indiana , Indiana Legal Services' Senior Law Project , Dennis Frick , race , doctors , caregiver , nursing home , Litigation , lawsuit , nurses , Brenda Chaney

Florida Lawsuit: Can Doctors Ask Patients About Guns In The House?
Posted on 15 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MIAMI - (AP) Doctors in Florida are fighting a first-of-its-kind law requiring them to have a legitimate safety concern before they start asking a patient about guns. The physicians contend the new law is too broad and they should be free to ask patients... Read More

Tags: firearms , guns , National Rifle Association , Hallward-Driemeier , patients , doctors , Florida , Rick Scott , Florida Board of Medicine , Litigation , lawsuit , Bush , First Amendment , firearms in the house , gun rights , Second Amendment

California Claims Drug Giant Bribed Doctors To Prescribe
Posted on 19 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) California has joined a whistleblower lawsuit that claims Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. bribed doctors to prescribe its drugs, costing insurers perhaps millions of dollars in the largest alleged health care fraud case ever handled by the... Read More

Tags: drugs , insurers , off-label" uses , physicians , Dave Jones , California , antipsychotic , Staples Center , doctors , whistleblower , insurance commission Dave Jones , Abilify , Litigation , Insurance , blood thinner , lawsuit , Plavix , Los Angeles Lakers , bribe , Bristol-Myers Squibb , health care fraud