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Should we install a walk-in tub in our bathroom?
Walk-in bathtubs are expensive, difficult to install and may not be as comfortable as they sound. Here’s what to know before committing to one.
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Miss Manners: Slacker-turned-academic doesn’t fit in back home
Letter writer is a slacker-turned-academic with five degrees and finds it hard to connect with uneducated friends back home.
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Trump says on Univision he could weaponize FBI, DOJ against his enemies
Trump hasn’t participated in such an interview with Univision since he removed anchor Jorge Ramos from a news conference on the campaign trail in 2015.
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VA cites ‘all-time’ feats before Veterans Day. But problems remain.
The Department of Veterans Affairs praised itself before Veterans Day with a list of record accomplishments, but reports point to problems needing correction.
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Under new speaker, some Republicans hope impeachment inquiry will step carefully
“We’ll just go where the evidence goes and we’re not there yet,” one lawmaker said, paraphrasing the new speaker’s comments to a group of Republicans earlier this week.
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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order Regarding Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of AI
On October 30, 2023, the White House issued an Executive Order to address the growing innovations—and attendant concerns—regarding artificial intelligence (“AI”). The Executive Order is the first federal attempt to broadly address AI, but it certainly won’t be the last….By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
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EDPS issue final own-initiative opinion on the EU AI Act
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published, on its own initiative, an Opinion on the EU’s draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (Opinion 44/2023) on 23 October 2023. The EDPS provides specific suggestions for those negotiating the final text of the EU AI Act….By: Allen & Overy LLP
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FDA Moves to End Use of Brominated Vegetable Oil in Food
Within a month of California becoming the first state in the nation to ban manufacturing with, selling, or distributing food items that contain brominated vegetable oil (BVO), FDA has proposed to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of BVO in food as an additive….By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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GRIPA Files Notice of Recent MOVEit Data Breach Affecting Nearly 280k Individuals
On October 26, 2023, Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association Inc. (“GRIPA”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that a software vulnerability within MOVEit enabled hackers to access confidential consumer information within the company’s possession….By: Console and Associates, P.C.
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Kyocera AVX Notifies 39,111 of Data Breach Resulting in Leaked Social Security Numbers
On October 30, 2023, Kyocera AVX Components Corporation (“Kyocera”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that portions of its network were encrypted following a cyberattack. In this notice, Kyocera explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes…
