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Carolyn Hax: Do motives matter in questioning friend’s uptight spouse?
A letter writer wonders if disliking a friend’s husband makes it impossible to be supportive of their happiness.
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Miss Manners: How do you professionally say you were using the bathroom?
Letter writer asks for alternative ways to tell a boss they were in the loo.
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Supreme Court Decisions on Education Could Offer Democrats an Opening
The decisions this week on affirmative action and student loans give Democrats a way to make a case on class and appeal to voters who have drifted away from the party.
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Storm Clouds Form Offshore Under Updated Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act
Background – On July 1, an amendment to the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act (the Act) will go into effect. The Act focuses on information safety and sets forth stringent requirements that prohibit health care providers from storing patient information in offshore Electronic Health Record (EHR) and related technology….By: Troutman Pepper
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HHS-OIG Issues FAQ Guidance Related to Pharmacy Benefit Manager Arrangements
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has provided insight into the applicability of the discount and group purchasing organization safe harbors to payments retained by pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”)….By: Jones Day
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FDA Announces Draft Guidance on Outsourcing Facility Sales
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document, June 27, that describes FDA’s current thinking on the prohibition of wholesaling human drugs by a 503B outsourcing facility under the Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act (FDCA)….By: Quarles & Brady LLP
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FTC Announces Enforcement Action Against 1Health.io for Inadequate Protection of Genetic Data and Unfair Privacy Policy Changes
On June 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement action against 1Health.io Inc. (“1Health,” also known as Vitagene, Inc.), a genetic testing company that analyzes consumer-provided DNA samples and uses the results of that analysis to generate personalized reports and other tailored products….By: WilmerHale
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Explainer Things: Episode 6
♫”Summertime and the living is easy”♫ or at least we hope it is for our growing readership. Our Explainer Things team is spicing up your consumer finance news with pop culture – Dua Lipa, The Big Lebowski, The Police, and The Karate Kid. Plus, we give you substantive analysis about why the news we cover…
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Wealth Enhancement Group Notifies Clients of a Data Breach Affecting SSNs and Financial Account Information
On June 28, 2023, Wealth Enhancement Group (“WEG”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access a standalone server in one of the company’s advisor team offices. In this notice, WEG explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…
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CommerceV3 Experienced Data Breach Affecting Customers of John & Kira’s and Smithfield Specialty Foods
Recently, John & Kira’s and Smithfield Specialty Foods each filed a notice of data breach after learning about an incident that occurred at CommerceV3, a company that provides various web-hosting services. In this notice, John & Kira’s and Smithfield Specialty Foods explain that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’…
