Lorillard Tobacco Company v. Reilly 00-596
September 19, 2001
A Massachusetts ban on tobacco advertising within 1,000 feet of a school or playground is overly broad and violates the First Amendment which protects commercial speech. Act Now
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The ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) are bringing a landmark case on behalf of researchers, pathologists, breast cancer and women’s health groups, and individual women affected by the patents on two genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer. It's wrong for companies to own the rights to pieces of the human genome.
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