Category: federal courts

Biden Administration Proposes Stricter Patient Privacy Rules for Abortion Seekers

April 12, 2023
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The Biden administration is taking new measures to protect the privacy of abortion seekers after a federal judge halted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The new actions were announced on April 12, ahead of the third meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Health Access. “Efforts to…

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DOJ Investigating Cyber Breach of Federal Court Records System

July 30, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing a data breach of the U.S. federal courts system dating back to 2020, a government official revealed on July 28. During a hearing at the House Judiciary Committee, Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) told lawmakers that three “hostile foreign actors” had attacked the document filing system of U.S….

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