A divided federal appeals court has found a Vermont law barring the sale or use of doctor-identifiable data in the marketing of drugs to be an impermissible restriction on commercial speech.
A two-judge majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said the law, passed by the Vermont Legislature in 2007 to protect patient and physician privacy and reduce health care costs, violates the First Amendment.
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