Experience
Our work involving judicial review of federal laws, rules, and regulations includes:
- Wollschlaeger v. Governor, State of Florida – Represented three national medical organizations and six physicians in a successful First Amendment challenge to Florida law that prevented doctors from speaking freely with patients about gun safety. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2011; currently on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.)
- United States v. Caronia – Represented the Medical Information Working Group in its participation, as amicus, in a successful challenge to the FDA's prohibition against “off-label promotion.” (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2011)
- Project Vote/Voting For America, Inc. v. Long – Represented Project Vote/Voting for America in its successful claim that the National Voter Registration Act required the release of voter registration application records that had been withheld by a Virginia General Registrar. (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2010)
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence v. Salazar et al. – Represented Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in its successful challenge, under the National Environmental Protection Act, to a U.S. Department of the Interior regulation allowing firearms in national parks. (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2009)
- Physicians for Human Rights v. Department of Defense – Represented Physicians for Human Rights in litigation to compel the U.S. Department of Defense to release information about a mass gravesite in Afghanistan, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2009)