Paula Reed Ward reports that Guy Caley, 53, of Canonsburg, a former medical technician at West Penn Hospital, has been sentenced to serve 11 to 22 months in Allegheny County Jail, to be followed by 10 years of probation. Caley pleaded guilty in May to 89 counts including invasion of privacy and intercepting communications. Of note,…
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Supreme Court won’t block Indiana University vaccine mandate as Justice Barrett rejects student plea
Robert Barnes reports: Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected a plea from a group of Indiana University students to stop the university’s requirement that all students be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Barrett, who received the request because she is the Supreme Court justice tasked with emergency petitions from that region of the country, did…
FTC Signals Focus on Healthcare and Technology Platforms, Among Others
Liisa Thomas, Kari Rollins & Charles Glove of SheppardMullin write: The FTC recently voted to authorize the use of compulsory processes—the FTC’s primary investigatory tools—on what it calls “key law enforcement priorities.” The resolutions allow investigators to take actions like issuing subpoenas and civil investigations demands (commonly referred to as “CIDs”) in a variety of…
NZ: Please explain: Privacy commissioner asks Defence about privacy breach claims
Kirsty Lawrence reports: The privacy commissioner is calling for the chief of defence to tell him what he’s planning to do to ensure service personnel’s privacy after reports that personal vaccine information was being shared among staff. In July, a letter sent to Minister of Defence Peeni Henare, which Stuff obtained, stated several members of the armed forces…