Jonathan Mollod and Ryan P. Blaney of Proskauer write: Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed multiple healthcare privacy-related bills, including the enactment of Washington’s “My Health My Data Act” (House Bill 1155) (or the “Act” or MHMDA”), which bolsters privacy protections around the collecting, sharing and selling of “consumer health data.” In brief, the MHMDA: (1)…
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After $1bn Piracy Loss, Cox Latest ISP to Face DMCA Subpoena Dilemma
Andy Maxwell writes: Even though Congress still hasn’t rewritten the DMCA, movie studios known for tracking down alleged BitTorrent pirates in pursuit of cash settlements are increasingly using the DMCA subpoena system anyway. During 2022 and early 2023, Voltage Pictures, Millenium Funding, LHF Productions, and Capstone Studios obtained DMCA subpoenas targeting customers of CenturyLink (now…
Court Protects Redditors’ Right to Anonymous Speech in Piracy Case
Ernesto van der Sar writes: A California federal court has denied a request to compel Reddit to unmask several anonymous Redditors. Film companies say the users’ comments could serve as relevant evidence in a piracy liability case against Internet provider RCN. However, the court believes that the Redditors’ First Amendment right to anonymous speech outweighs…
The first “wrongful death” case for helping a friend get an abortion
Mary Tuma reports “Your help means the world to me,” a grateful Brittni Silva texted her best friends, Jackie Noyola and Amy Carpenter, last July. “I’m so lucky to have y’all. Really.” A month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Houston mother of two experienced an unplanned pregnancy with her now…