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A federal court last week rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P. for its unauthorized publication of a conference call between a corporation's senior executives and a group of securities analysts, finding that the business and financial news publisher was protected from liability by the fair use doctrine.
A federal judge in New York last week blocked a New York City ordinance that was designed to force religious “pregnancy centers” to make certain disclosures about their services after the judge found that the centers would likely succeed with arguments that the law conflicts with the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., a case about whether a Vermont statute restricting the commercial dissemination of pharmacy records places unconstitutional restrictions on commercial speech.
