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Infill Development Projects
August 15, 2006
Despite all the advocacy of infill development as a way to achieve smart growth and reduce sprawl, there continue to be significant obstacles to infill development. Significantly, it is still easy for neighbors (and for officials) to stop or dramatically delay projects by raising claims such as impacts on traffic, shadows and views. Often, these impact claims relate to effects created as much by other projects as by the proposed new infill development, yet they are still asserted to stop new residential projects.
CD: 9/13/2006 - Navigating and Managing Lists and the New Rules that Apply
August 11, 2006
So, what information gets you noticed and what is a waste of time? How do you manage all the information?Join us Wednesday, September 13th, at 12:00PM and find out!
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> VA Announces Another Lost Laptop
August 10, 2006
The Veterans Administration ('VA') announced this week that that a desktop computer with personal information on about 38,000 veterans is missing from the office of one of its contractors.
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Electronic Frontier Foundation Fights to Protect Online Anonymity for Embroidery Discussion Group
August 10, 2006
The Electronic Frontier Foundation ('EFF'), a leading privacy-rights group, has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that is seeking to identify the members of an online discussion group for embroidery devotees.
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Medical Information, Privacy Bill Passes U.S. House
August 08, 2006
Recently, the U.S. House passed its version of S 1418, which would standardize record keeping of medical records and support expanded dissemination of electronic medical records. Among the key modifications to the Senate bill was the House's creation of a task force to make recommendations on national standards for medical data storage, which would focus on ensuring privacy while supporting interoperability of communications systems and record keeping.
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> GAO Report Finds Gaps, Loopholes in Federal Data Collection Laws
August 03, 2006
A new report by the Government Accountability Office ('GAO') finds that Congress can significantly strengthen federal privacy laws by requiring data collection and reseller firms to improve their privacy safeguards and by enhancing the authority of the Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') to issue civil penalties for violations of current federal privacy laws.
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> New Hampshire Medical Privacy Law Challenged
August 03, 2006
IMS Health Inc. and Verispan LLC filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, seeking a stay of New Hampshire's new privacy law. The law, which went into effect on June 30, bans the collection, distribution, and sale of individual doctors' prescription information by pharmaceutical companies or their agents. It affects only prescriptions written by physicians, not by other medical professionals such as nurse practitioners.
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Around the States
August 01, 2006
<b>Kansas.</b> Kansas recently became the sixth state in the nation to collect DNA samples of people who are arrested, but not yet charged with a crime.<p><b>Massachusetts.</b> Four bills are under consideration in the Senate ' S. 183, S. 184, S. 236, S. 237 ' related to privacy and ID theft.
<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Sen. Harry Reid Victimized for $2000
August 01, 2006
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) reported last week that he was the victim of ID theft. His MasterCard number was stolen, and nearly $2000 worth of merchandise was purchased at several stores in North Carolina.
What Jurors Think Of American Corporations ' And What You Can Do About It
August 01, 2006
These are challenging times for those of us who represent and defend corporations in litigation. The recent criminal convictions of Enron's Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling only confirm what we have known for quite some time ' jurors are skeptical of, and even hostile toward, corporations and corporate executives. '

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