Misleading or false advertisements, bait and switch sales practices, bogus disclosure forms, breach of privacy rules, unconscionable pricing, and charging for services never requested or provided, are just a few of the unfair and deceptive practices unscrupulous businesses and corporations use to defraud consumers every day. These deceptive business practices also distort the marketplace by allowing dishonest businesses… Read more »
Data breaches aren’t just for the healthcare industry or the financial services industry. There has been a new rash of data breaches at retail businesses such as home improvement stores and casual restaurants. Krebs on Security has information on one of the most recent data breaches announced at the fast-casual restaurant Noodles & Co. Asked to… Read more »
Children’s National Hospital has – again – been the subject of a data breach of personal health information as reported by the Washington Business Journal. In a notice sent to patient families, the D.C. health system said the issue arose with Centreville-based Ascend Healthcare Systems. Ascend provided medical transcription services to Children’s National from May… Read more »
The problems of lead exposure in the pipes of Flint, Michigan has now been well-exposed. But, today the Washington Post reports on a different response–the correct response. Madison residents and businesses dug out and replaced their lead pipes 8,000 of them. All because lead in their water had been measured at 16 parts… Read more »
In a historic decision, the Supreme Court had struck down DOMA 5-4.
