FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 16, 2009
CONTACT:
Brandon Hensler, Director of Communications, 786-363-2737 or media@aclufl.org
MIAMI – Paul Drew Clement, former United States Solicitor General, and Paul F. Brinkman, of Alston + Bird LLP, will participate in an oral argument at the Miami Federal Courthouse regarding the ACLU lawsuit challenging the academic “travel ban” enacted by the Florida Legislature in the 2006 Legislative Session. The travel ban outlaws academic research in countries labeled as “terrorist states” by the U.S. State Department; most notably for Florida-based researchers and students is Cuba.
WHO: Paul Drew Clement, Esq., King & Spalding LLP
Paul F. Brinkman, Esq., Alston + Bird LLP
WHAT: ACLU Oral Argument of Travel Act
WHEN: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: Miami Federal Courthouse
(James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building)
99 N.E. 4th Street, 12th Floor
Miami, FL 33128
About the ACLU of Florida
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