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Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC Files Notice of Third-Party Data Breach
On May 22, 2023, Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC (“PVOC”) filed a notice of data breach with the Vermont Attorney General. PVOC filed this notice after learning that a data security incident at a third-party vendor, Alta Medical Management, resulted in the confidential information of PVOC patients being subject to unauthorized access. Based on the…
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Product Manufacturers Beware: You May Be Subject to Jurisdiction in Massachusetts
Say you are a Floridian product manufacturer that does business in Massachusetts and you receive a Complaint filed in Massachusetts that alleges your product injured a Nova Scotian resident in Nova Scotia. You know that the only time that product was in Massachusetts was during its transport up the eastern seaboard to its final destination…
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CIBT, Inc. Notifies Employees and Customers of Recent Data Breach
On June 8, 2023, CIBT, Inc. (“CIBT Visas”) filed a notice of data breach with the Maine Attorney General after confirming that suspicious activity on the company’s computer network was the result of a recent cyberattack. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names, addresses,…
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Ringing the Bell(wether): Multibillion Dollar Settlement Reported in PFAS Litigation
The first bellwether trial in the massive Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF/PFAS) multi-district products liability litigation MDL-2873 (MDL) was delayed pending finalizing a reported $10 billion financial settlement by the largest of the manufacturing defendants. In granting the delay, the Court ordered weekly updates and a final report no later than June 26, with trial to…
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NATO Members’ Major Air Exercise Sends Message to Russia
More than 200 planes from 25 countries gathered in Germany for the largest-scale war games in decades, held with an eye on the war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine Claims More Small Advances in Counteroffensive
Military analysts said it would take weeks or months to gauge the success of the attacks Ukraine mounted last week across a broad stretch of the front lines.
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U.S. Lawmakers Ask White House to Punish South Africa for Supporting Russia
South Africa is accused of helping supply Russia with weapons for the Ukraine war, a charge that South Africa denies.
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Cuban Government Is Responsible for Death of Oswaldo Payá, Report Says
The findings in the death of Oswaldo Payá contradict the Cuban government’s official version of what happened 11 years ago.
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How Silvio Berlusconi Changed Italy
Whether as a politician or media tycoon, the former prime minister and businessman who died Monday at 86, left an imprint, or a bruise, on just about everything he touched.
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Every Body
“Every Body” is a moving, fascinating look at a too-often-ignored subset of the world’s population, filled with empathy and understanding but also a cool, analytical anger about what history has put them through. The subject is intersex people, the slightly-more-than one percent of individuals who were born with a condition that complicated the state’s ability to identify…
