Government
Apr. 28, 2011
High Court Mulls Data-Mining Laws
In a case with implications for privacy and commerce in the information age, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical about a state law that guards doctors' drug prescription data.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - In a case with implications for privacy and commerce in the information age, a divided U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday about a state law that guards doctors' drug prescription data from being used to market drugs.
The court's left-leaning justices expressed muted support for Vermont's prescription confidentiality law, which gives doctors the option of withholdin...
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