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Conner Strong & Buckelew Announces Recent Data Breach Following Compromised Employee Email Accounts
On May 10, 2023, Conner Strong & Buckelew filed a notice of data breach with the Vermont Attorney General after learning that an unauthorized party was able to access confidential consumer data after obtaining the login credentials to several employee email accounts. While CBS has filed official notice of the recent data breach, the company…
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Asian Health Services Provides Notice of Recent Data Breach to Patients
On May 5, 2023, Asian Health Services (“AHS”) filed a notice of data breach with the California Attorney General’s office after learning that an unauthorized actor was able to access confidential patient information following a compromised employee email account. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to…
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Illinois Takes Expansive View of Personal Jurisdiction Over Component Parts Manufacturer
Building on federal precedent regarding specific jurisdiction over vehicle manufacturers, the Appellate Court of Illinois recently extended personal jurisdiction to a component parts manufacturer in a decision with implications for any company that directs significant product volume to the state. In Kothawala v. Whole Leaf, LLC, 2023 IL App (1st) 210972, the component parts manufacturer…
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Debt Collector Credit Control Corporation Notifies 286,699 Individuals of Recent Data Breach
On May 15, 2023, R&B Corporation of Virginia d/b/a Credit Control Corporation (“CCC”) filed a notice of data breach with the Maine Attorney General after learning that an unauthorized illegally copied certain files from the company’s computer network. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’…
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Putin Faces Military Setbacks and Disunity
The problems that have hindered Russia’s 15-month war are still festering: stretched resources and disunity in the ranks. Still, Mr. Putin’s resolve augurs a willingness to prosecute a long war.
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Ukraine Says It Shot Down Hypersonic Russian Missiles Over Kyiv
A Russian barrage also damaged a U.S.-made Patriot air-defense system, but officials said it was still working.
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War in Sudan Unleashes New Wave of Violence in Darfur
The war in Sudan has unleashed a new wave of violence in the western region of Darfur, sending tens of thousands into neighboring Chad, where a new humanitarian crisis is looming.
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Guatemala’s elPeriodico Closes After Government Jails Publisher
On Monday, elPeriodico, an investigative daily in Guatemala, published its final edition after more than 26 years. Its executive editor is in jail and some of its reporters are in exile.
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Turkey’s Opposition Struggles to Chart Path as Runoff Nears
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks likely to benefit most from the votes that went to an ultranationalist candidate eliminated in the first round.
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Cannes 2023: Jeanne du Barry
Despite concerns that something like it might happen, no one protesting changes to the French retirement age cut the power at the press screening of “Jeanne du Barry,” which opened the 76th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night. But it’s hard to imagine that many people would have minded if someone had. It only takes…
