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07.06.11

The Supreme Court’s Decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health and Public Health

By O’Neill Institute

This post authored by O’Neill Institute Research Assistant and rising Georgetown Law 2L, Dinesh Kumar. In a 6-3 decision on June 23, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a Vermont law prohibiting pharmacies from selling prescriber-identifiable drug information to “data mining” companies.  These companies aggregate and sell this data (which doesn’t identify patients) to pharmaceutical companies, which promote sales […]

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03.04.10

The House and Senate Bills on Abortion

By Tim Jost

There are significant differences between the House and Senate bill, but the provisions governing abortion (Sec. 1303 of the Senate bill, pp. 2069-2078) are not among them. Both bills prohibit federal funding of abortions. The Senate bill, like the House bill, prohibits the use of premium affordability tax credits or cost-sharing reduction payments to pay […]

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12.21.09

Legal Issues in the Senate Manager’s Amendment

By Tim Jost

I reported over the weekend on one legal issue raised by the Senate manager’s amendment–an important clarification of the public disclosure and original source provisions of the civil false claims act. This post will address the constitutionality of the abortion provisions in the amendment and mention four other legal issues raised by the additions the […]

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