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Great White Sharks Washing Up Dead in Canada With Brain Swelling
Faced with a rash of shark deaths marked by brain swelling, Canadian and American scientists are trying to solve a marine mystery.
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Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration Between U.S. and Mexico
Ties between the United States and Mexico have deepened over 30 years of free trade, creating both benefits and irritants.
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Data, Privacy & Cyber: Ten Top Trends for 2025
In the fast-paced, ever-changing world of data, privacy, cyber, and AI, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. To mark Data Protection Day 2025, we’ve identified ten key themes that might significantly impact our clients in the coming year. Here’s a summary of the most recent developments and what professionals in these fields should look…
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CISA + FBI Issue Joint Advisory on Threat Actors Chaining Ivanti Vulnerabilities
On January 22, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint advisory related to previous vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance, including an administrative bypass, a SQL injection, and remote code execution vulnerabilities – previously listed as CVE-2024-8963, CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-8190 and CVE-2024-9380….By: Robinson+Cole Data…
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USPTO Announces New Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Synopsis: On January 14, 2025, the USPTO unveiled a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, which outlines responsible implementation of AI within the agency and more generally across the intellectual property (IP) landscape….By: Polsinelli
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MGM Inks $45M Class Action Settlement for 2019 and 2023 Data Breaches
MGM Resorts agreed to pay $45 million to settle over a dozen class action lawsuits concerning 2019 and 2023 data breaches. A federal court in Nevada preliminarily approved the settlement, which, according to lawyers, covers over 37 million MGM customers….By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider
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Oregon DOJ Issues Children’s Privacy Toolkit under State Consumer Privacy Rights Law
The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new toolkit sharing with Oregonians how to protect their online information to celebrate Data Privacy Day. The toolkit includes information on how consumers can exercise their rights under the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) and encourages them to take control of their personal information….By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy…
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Q4 2024: Food and CPG Legal Trends
We are pleased to share our Q4 Food and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Legal Trends report. This report is a bite-size version of our annual year in review, providing timely insights on legal trends in the space. In Q4 of 2024, the CPG industry continued to face a substantial threat of class-action activity, with continued…
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Asheville Eye Associates Notifies Over 193k People of Recent Data Breach
On January 17, 2025, Asheville Eye Associates filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access information that had been provided to the company, including confidential consumer information….By: Console and Associates, P.C.
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Heartland Community Health Center Notifies Patients of Data Breach After Unauthorized Access to Email Account
On November 27, 2024, Heartland Community Health Center (“HCHC”) posted a website notice entitled “Notice of Data Incident” after discovering that an unauthorized party gained access to an employee’s email account. In this notice, Heartland Community Health Center explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which…
