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Community Dental Files Official Notice of Data Breach After Cyberattack Exposed Patients’ Sensitive Info
On October 15, 2024, Community Dental filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that portions of the company’s computer system were subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Community Dental explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes…
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Chimienti & Associates Experiences Data Breach Following Compromised Email Account
On October 23, 2024, Chimienti & Associates (“Chimienti”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access an employee’s email account. In this notice, Chimienti explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which…
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Gándara Mental Health Center Provides Notice of Recent Data Breach
On October 24, 2024, Gándara Mental Health Center (“Gándara”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that information stored on the organization’s IT network was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Gándara explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive…
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Circuit Split: 3rd vs 9th & 11th Circuits on FIFRA Duty to Warn Claims
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Schaffner v. Monsanto, No. 22-3075 (3rd Cir. 2024), recently held that a state-law duty to warn claim was expressly preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). To reach the conclusion, the 3rd Circuit diverged from the 9th and 11th Circuits, thus…
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Live Updates: Israel Launches Airstrikes Against Iran in Retaliatory Attack
Israel had promised strikes after Iran fired several waves of ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this month.
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The Other War for These Gazans Is Against Cancer
The small number of cancer patients from Gaza who are receiving care in Jordan’s capital, Amman, bear burdens beyond those of illness — deep feelings of guilt, along with fear and homesickness.
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Canada’s Sikh Communities Have Been Rocked by Violence. Authorities Blame India.
Tightly knit communities in Ontario and British Columbia have been rocked by violent events in the past 18 months. Now the authorities say the Indian government was behind them.
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Billy Crystal Struggles to Clarify Apple TV+’s Haunting New Horror Series “Before”
In Apple TV+’s “Before,” protagonist Eli (Billy Crystal) tells his therapist that his life has “turned into a Dali painting.” A few hours prior to their meeting, the series established that Eli is quickly losing touch with reality. The pilot opens with a dream sequence where Eli falls into an empty indoor swimming pool, cracking…
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Silence As Salvation: The Quiet Femmes of Modern Horror
Zohra Lampert’s Jessica in 1971’s “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” smiles as she suffers horrors. Not because she’s particularly brave or placid — on the contrary, she’s terrified more often than not — but because she knows what will happen if she tells her husband Duncan (Barton Heyman) or their friend Woody (Kevin O’Connor) about…
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A Master of Subtle Function: Cinematographer Dick Pope (1947-2024)
The brilliance of Dick Pope, who died this week at 77, can be seen in nearly all of the movies he shot as a cinematographer. But the first examples that spring to this viewer’s mind are two shots from 1996’s “Secrets and Lies,” one of many collaborations with his greatest creative partner, Mike Leigh. The…
