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...*conservative justices* ruled in favor of IMS Health and against the attorney general of Vermont... It was, in fact, a 6-3 decision, with even Sotomayor and

• blakesterz 10y ago
  Somehow I've never hear of this one, that's quite a ruling: "Vermont argues that its prohibitions safeguard medical privacy and diminish the likelihood that marketing will lead to prescription decisions not in the best interests of patients or the State. It can be assumed that these interests are significant. Speech in aid of pharmaceutical marketing, however, is a form of expression protected by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. As a consequence, Vermont’s statute must be subjected to heightened judicial scrutiny. The law cannot satisfy that standard. " Speech in aid of pharmaceutical marketing