Mary Papenfuss reports: The judge in a Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit against far-right conspiracy podcaster Alex Jones has launched an investigation of his legal team after the medical records of school parents were leaked. Medical and psychiatric records of some parents and relatives of the children killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in…
Category: Healthcare
UK: Former health adviser found guilty of illegally accessing patient records
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced: A former health adviser has been found guilty of accessing medical records of patients without a valid legal reason. Christopher O’Brien, 36, was working at the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust when he unlawfully accessed the records of 14 patients, who were known personally to him, between June and December 2019….
Biden’s Health Agency Looking to Boost Abortion Patient Privacy
Allie Reed and Christopher Brown report: The Biden administration’s efforts to protect reproductive health information from law enforcement post-Dobbs hangs on how much authority its health agency has to preempt state criminal laws—a thorny issue for health-care lawyers. A recent executive order shows the administration is considering how to beef up privacy protections for abortion-related health information. It’s…
Michigan court blocks enforcement of 1931 abortion ban by county prosecutors
Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein report: A Michigan judge on Monday blocked local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could do so, state Attorney General Dana Nessel said. But in Kentucky the latest ruling from a judge reinstates two abortion bans for now, while the…