The US State of New Hampshire has announced that it will appeal a federal trial court decision, that a state law which banned firms from "data mining" by selling, using or distributing patients' prescription drug information, was unconstitutional. Federal Judge Paul Barbadoro ruled that the law violates the the US Constitution's First Amendment and "restricts constitutionally protected speech."
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