Hostile Cyberoperations Against Medical Facilities and Their Impunity
Cyberoperations against healthcare providers and testing facilities are thriving in the U.S. and beyond. An unsuccessful act against the U.S. Department and Health and Human Services was intended to undermine the administrations’ response to the current crisis. Operations against several Czech Hospitals and the Paris Hospital Authority attempted to disable networks of healthcare providers and [...]
A Comparative Understanding of "Lockdown" Frameworks in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic
As COVID-19 spreads in different parts of the world, many countries have resorted to “national quarantine” or lockdown. Travel bans and closure of activities has resulted in a complete halt of society. Different countries are using their own set of domestic laws for planning action against the spread of Coronavirus. After declaring it a “pandemic”, [...]
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to death a former Islamic State militant who repeatedly raped a Yazidi captive. The case marks a landmark transition for the prosecution of Islamic State in its prominent advocacy for an individual victim and its specific acknowledgment of the Yazidi minority treatment under Islamic State. Ashwaq Haji Hamid Talo, [...]
Indian court acquits four men accused of involvement in 2007 train bombing
An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted four men accused of involvement in the 2007 bombing of a train between Pakistan and India that killed 68 people. The judge for the court, located in the state where the 2007 attack occurred, dismissed a Pakistani woman’s plea to admit eyewitness accounts from her country. The court then [...]
Payday Loan Rule Rollback Consistent with CFPB’s New Anti-Regulation Pro Industry Mission
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is considering rolling back payday and title loan regulations designed to protect consumers from dangerous debt traps. Considered part of America’s democratization of credit, payday and title loans are offered by a multi-billion-dollar industry that is growing at a rate that far exceeds the rest of the financial services [...]
Access to Health Records: New Rules Another Step in the Right Direction
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued proposed regulations that could enhance the value of electronic health information. Specifically, the proposed regulations focus on the areas of interoperability and patients’ access to their health data. Electronic health information is a relatively new phenomenon. It became a subject of national importance in 2004, [...]
Russia announced on Monday that it had arrested a US citizen on Friday for suspicion of espionage. According to Russia’s Federal Security Service, Paul Whelan will be detained until the criminal investigation is complete. The agency also refuses to provide details of the allegations until then. In Russia, the crime of espionage carries up to a [...]
Consumers rely on listed prices being accurate. Imagine walking into your favorite store, bringing your desired item to the counter, and being told that the price you had to pay had little relation to the listed price. Remarkable as it is, this is commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry. Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson recently filed [...]
Former Romania prison chief dies in jail while serving 20-year sentence
Ion Ficior, a former Romanian prison chief who was sentenced to 20 years for crimes against humanity, died in jail on Wednesday at the age of 90. Ficior was charged with the deaths of 103 political prisoners during his time as commander of the Periprava work camp during the communist ruling. Charges were filed in [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District Court of Columbia on Friday reversed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, finding the decision was arbitrary and capricious. The decision comes after a previous ruling gave DHS 90 days to provide adequate support [...]
