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William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, et al. v. IMS Health Inc., et al. - Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners


Kevin Outterson


Boston University School of Law

David Orentlicher


Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Christopher T. Robertson


University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law; Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

Frank A. Pasquale III


Seton Hall University - School of Law; Yale University - Yale Information Society Project

February 26, 2011


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

Number of Pages in PDF File: 55

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

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Date posted: March 1, 2011 ; Last revised: February 18, 2012

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Outterson, Kevin, Orentlicher, David, Robertson, Christopher T. and Pasquale, Frank A., William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, et al. v. IMS Health Inc., et al. - Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners (February 26, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1770524 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1770524

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Kevin Outterson (Contact Author)
Boston University School of Law ( email )
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
United States
David Orentlicher
Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law ( email )
530 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
United States
317-274-4993 (Phone)
317-274-0455 (Fax)

Christopher T. Robertson
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law ( email )
P.O. Box 210176
Tucson, AZ 85721-0176
United States
HOME PAGE: http://www.law.arizona.edu/faculty/getprofile.cfm?facultyid=714

Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics ( email )
124 Mount Auburn Street
Suite 520N
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Frank A. Pasquale III
Seton Hall University - School of Law ( email )
One Newark Center
Newark, NJ 07102-5210
United States
Yale University - Yale Information Society Project ( email )
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
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