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First Circuit upholds Maine prescription law

  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 16 2010

On August 4, 2010, in IMS Health Inc. v. Mills, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a Maine law that banned the sale of certain prescription drug data for marketing purposes did not violate the right to free speech of companies that collect identifying data about individual medical professionals that prescribe drugs and aggregate the data for use in marketing pharmaceutical products

Social media, the National Labor Relations Board, and why health care employers should be concerned

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • USA
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  • January 4 2012

Social media has revolutionized how we communicate with one another

French Data Protection Authority unveils its agenda for 2012

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • France
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  • April 26 2012

On April 19, 2012, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) issued a press release detailing its enforcement agenda for 2012

Regulation issued on online activities involving health data

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Italy
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  • May 11 2012

On 25 January 2012, the Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) issued a Regulation covering online activities relating to health data

ASA adjudications snapshot - March 2012

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

This case confirms the approach in Eeles v Cobham Hire Services Ltd 2009 remains the court’s position when considering the appropriate level for interim payments of damages

Supreme Court on health reform and patent case budget transportation programs FCC reform cybersecurity

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 5 2012

With a two-week recess looming and the 2012 elections coming ever more into focus, Congress addressed a temporary fix on a critical deadline and set the stage for the budget debate, tax reform and other key considerations to be taken up over the Spring and Summer as it completed its most recent work period late last week

Noteworthy cases in the United States Supreme Court’s 2011 term

  • Larkin Hoffman
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2011

The first Monday in October represents the start of a new term for the United States Supreme Court

Secret filming by BBC in elderly care home justified in public interest

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 8 2010

This was the finding of the court in the recently decided case of BKM Ltd v British Broadcasting Corporation 2009 EWHC 3151 (Ch

Insurance review 2012

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 10 2013

2012 has been a year of stark contrasts. The euphoria of the Jubilee and the Olympics provided a very welcome diversion to the continued hardship

OMG! Does your doctor's Facebook status violate HIPAA?

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 25 2012

Recently, the Federation of State Medical Boards (Federation) released its Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice (Guidelines