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Media Law Prof Blog
A New Book On Law, Film, and the First Amendment
Forthcoming from the University of Texas Press: Jeremy Geltzer's Dirty Words & Filthy Pictures: Film and the First Amendment (2015). Here is a description of the content from the publisher's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Divided D.C. Circuit Again Finds Conflict Minerals Disclosure Violates the First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion on rehearing, a divided panel of the DC Circuit in National Association of Manufacturers v. Securities…
Drug & Device Law
The Amarin Win and the Next Big Question: What Will the FDA Do?
Now that Amarin has successfully won a preliminary injunction in its First Amendment challenge to the FDA’s regulation of off-label marketing (we blogged about Amarin’s victory here and you can access the…
Food Safety News
Letter From the Editor: Stop Censorship of Undercover Videos
By Dan Flynn
Constitutional rights not used or claimed might not survive from one generation to the next. It’s not good enough to say that because of New York Times Co. v. United…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment, Net Neutrality, and Speech
Geoffrey A. Manne and Ben Sperry, both of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), and Thomas W. Struble and Berin Michael Szoka, both of TechFreedom, have published A…
Media Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Allows Former High School Student’s Case Against School Over Two-Word Tweet To Proceed
A federal district court is allowing some of a former high school student's claims against a school district and a police chief to move forward after the school district and…
Life Sciences Legal Update
What Comes Next In Amarin Pharm v. FDA?
By Lisa Baird
The Southern District of New York’s preliminary injunction in Amarin Pharm, Inc. v. FDA—prohibiting the FDA from taking action against Amarin over truthful, non-misleading “off-label” statements about its prescription drug…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Rules as Unconstitutional New Hampshire Law Banning Posting Of Voted Ballots To Social Media
In Rideout v. Gardner, United States District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro has ruled that a New Hampshire statute prohibiting individuals from posting images of their filled-in ballots on social media…
Drug & Device Law
Breaking News − Amarin Hits First Amendment Home Run Off FDA
By Bexis
Here’s a copy of today’s 71-page decision in Amarin Pharma, Inc v. FDA, No. 15 Civ. 3588 (PAE), slip op. (S.D.N.Y. Aug.7, 2015), in which the court granted a First Amendment-related injunction against the…
Life Sciences Legal Update
Amarin Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against FDA Regarding Off-Label and First Amendment Issues
By Lisa Baird
In our prior posts about Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. FDA, we wondered what the Southern District of New York would make of Amarin’s request for an order prohibiting the FDA…