Lydia O’Connor reports: A South Carolina lawmaker is defending a bill he authored that could result in the death penalty for people who have abortions, even as onetime co-sponsors of the legislation back away from it. The proposal from Republican state Rep. Rob Harris seeks to amend South Carolina’s criminal code so that all references to a “person”…
IKEA settles class action lawsuit over FACTA violation
IKEA agreed to pay $24.25 million to resolve claims it printed receipts with too many payment card digits, a violation of FACTA (the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003). The case was Richardson, et al. v. IKEA North America Services LLC, et al., Case No. 19STCV37280, in the California Superior Court for Los…
Plaintiff Beats Anon Hackers Served Court Papers via NFT
Sander Lutz reports: A federal judge in Florida has ruled in favor of a plaintiff who sued anonymous hackers and issued formal notice of the legal action via NFT, according to recent court filings. The ruling, a default judgment from Judge Beth Bloom of the United States District Court Southern District of Florida, declares that…
Therapists say Okla. law threatens patient privacy
Jarred Burk and Alex Rosa-Figueroa report: Therapists and counselors are pushing back against a new Oklahoma law requiring them to share some patient information with a state database. The state’s Health Information Exchange was created last year and requires health care providers to enter certain patient information into a database. The database would be maintained…