Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Suit Challenges HIPPA Rules Barring Reporting of Out-of-State Abortions

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As previously reported , in April of this year the Department of Health and Human Services issued new privacy rules under HIPPA designed to ...
Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Georgia's 6-Week Abortion Ban Declared Unconstitutional

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In Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. State of Georgia ,  (GA Super. Ct., Sept. 30, 2024), a Georgia state trial c...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Texas Sues HHS Over Rule Protecting Privacy of Information About Out-of-State Abortions

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Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services challenging two HHS privacy...
Friday, September 06, 2024

Parents Sue Over School Policy That Places Students Together on Overnight Trips on Basis of Gender Identity

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Suit was filed this week in a Colorado federal district court by parents of Jefferson County, Colorado school children challenging the distr...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Disclosure of Covid Status to Plaintiff's Pastor Did Not Infringe Privacy or Free Exercise Rights

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In Fulmore v. City of Englewood ,  (NJ App., Aug. 30, 2024), a New Jersey appellate court dismissed a suit brought by an employee of the cit...
Friday, April 26, 2024

New HIPPA Rules Protect Against Disclosure to Law Enforcement of Out-of-State Abortions

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On April 22, the Department of Health and Human Services issued new rules under HIPPA to protect the privacy of reproductive health care.  T...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Florida Supreme Court Overrules Cases Holding State Constitution Protects Abortion

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In Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida v. State of Florida ,  (FL Sup. Ct., April 1, 2024), the Florida Supreme Court in a 6...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

British Columbia Court Says Jehovah's Witness Elders Must Submit Confidential Documents to Privacy Commissioner

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In  Vabuolas v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner) , (BC Sup. Ct., Jan. 8, 2024), the British Columbia Supreme Court up...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Court Preliminarily Enjoins Montana's Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors

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 In Van Garderen v. State of Montana ,  (MT Dist. Ct., Sept. 27, 2023), a Montana trial court granted a preliminary injunction against enfor...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Alabama Law Protects Identity of Donors, Supporters, Volunteers and Members of Non-Profits

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Yesterday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed S-59, The Personal Privacy Protection Act ( full text ). The new law prohibits any governmental...
Friday, May 05, 2023

Indiana Governor Signs Bill Protecting Privacy of Donors and Members of Nonprofits

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On May 4, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1212 ( full text ) which protects the privacy of information about the identity of...
Friday, January 06, 2023

South Carolina Supreme Court Invalidates Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban

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In Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State of South Carolina ,  (SC Sup. Ct., Jan. 5, 2023), the South Carolina Supreme Court in a 3-2 de...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Suit Over Teaching 1st Graders About Transgender Topics Moves Forward

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In Tatel v. Mt. Lebanon School District ,  (WD PA, Oct. 27, 2022), a Pennsylvania federal district court allowed parents of first graders to...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Georgia Abortion Law Challenged Under State Constitution

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After the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals last week  upheld Georgia's abortion laws against federal constitutional challenges, suit ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Kentucky Abortion Bans Violate State Constitution

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In EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Cameron ,  (KY Cir. Ct., July 22, 2022), a Kentucky state trial court issued a temporary injunction ag...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Minnesota Abortion Restrictions Struck Down Under State Constitution

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In Doe v. State of Minnesota ,  (MN Dist. Ct., July 11, 2022), a Minnesota state trial court judge in a 140-page opinion held that a series ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Synagogue Sues In Challenge To Florida's Restrictive Abortion Law

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida state trial court by a Palm Beach County synagogue challenging Florida's recently enacted 15-week ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Soap Opera Star Sues ABC Over Religious Exemption To Vaccine Mandate

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Litigation over religious exemptions from COVID vaccine mandates continues to grow. Yesterday, Ingo Rademacher-- well known for portraying J...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

European Court Says Tabloid Coverage Of Deceased Priest Violated Privacy Rights

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In M.L. v. Slovenia , (ECHR, Oct. 14, 2021), the European Court of Human Rights held that Article 8 (Respect for private life) of the Europe...