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Senate Majority Leader Schumer Continues Push for AI Framework
On Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled the five policy objectives underpinning his ongoing work on a legislative framework to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI)—the Security, Accountability, Foundations, Explain (SAFE) Innovation Framework for AI—at a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) event……By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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PMPRB releases proposed amendment to Interim Guidance for comment
On June 20, 2023, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) released a proposal to amend the Interim Guidance, which sets out the approach for reviewing the prices of patented medicines under the July 1, 2022 amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations pending the release of new guidelines (anticipated in 2024). Comments are due by…
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Haug Partners Secures Victory Before the PTAB for Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc.
On June 20, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a decision in favor of Haug Partners client Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc. (Gator Bio, Inc. v. Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc., IPR2023-00215 (Paper 19)). In November 2022, Gator Bio, Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review of Sartorius’s U.S. Patent No. 8,305,585……By: Haug Partners…
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Palomar Health Announces Third-Party Data Breach Affecting Patients at Palomar Two Locations
On June 21, 2023, Palomar Health filed a notice of data breach with the California Attorney General’s Office after being informed that a cybersecurity incident at PharMerica compromised confidential information belonging to Palomar patients. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to patients’ names, addresses, dates of…
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Atlanta Postal Credit Union Files Notice of Recent Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack
On June 22, 2023, Atlanta Postal Credit Union (“APCU”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after learning that a recent ransomware attack compromised the confidential information of some bank customers. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names, Social…
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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Announces Data Breach Affecting Over 150k Individuals
On June 23, 2023, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (“LSSI”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine, updating victims of a 2022 incident that leaked their confidential information. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names and Social Security numbers.…
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GeoSouthern Energy Corporation Confirms Employee Data Breach Leaked Over 21k SSNs
On June 23, 2023, GeoSouthern Energy Corporation and GEP Haynesville II, LLC (collectively, “GeoSouthern”) filed a notice of data breach with the Maine Attorney General after learning that a recent cyberattack compromised confidential information belonging to current and former employees as well as their dependents. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in…
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Oregon Department of Transportation Confirms an Estimated 3.5 Million Affected by MOVEit Data Breach
On June 15, 2023, the Oregon Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) posted a public notice on its website announcing a massive data breach. Evidently, the ODOT data breach was caused by a vulnerability in the MOVEit file-transfer tool used by ODOT. Based on ODOT’s notice, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’…
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A Visibly Angry Putin Stresses Failure of Wagner Revolt
The Russian president made brief public remarks on Monday, his first since the end of the short-lived rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Why Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is Off to a Slow, Bloody Start
The Ukrainian Army is encountering an array of challenges that has complicated the early stages of its counteroffensive, especially the large swaths of minefields. But its leaders are urging patience, insisting the main push is yet to come.
