Parties Complete Mootness Briefing In California Doctor COVID Misinformation Cases

(December 13, 2023, 8:45 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin Newsom and several other state officials brought by California physicians claiming that a state statute allowing medical boards to discipline physicians for disseminating misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments violates the First Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague, the parties submitted supplemental briefs on mootness in light of the recent repeal of the legislation....