Almost one year ago, Washington State passed the “My Health, My Data” Act (the Act), which aims to protect Washington consumer health data, particularly data related to reproductive healthcare. The Act is the first law in the country aimed at protecting the vast amount of health data that falls outside […]

Orange County/Palo Alto – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Mattias Luukkonen and Michael Gorback as partners in its Corporate practice. Luukkonen joins the firm’s Orange County office from Reed Smith LLP and Gorback arrives to the firm’s Palo Alto office from Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco. Rick […]

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Health Organization The conflict has left 16.7 million people requiring aid and 15 million people – 65% of the population – needing health assistance, the largest number of people in need since the war began in 2011.

A new analysis shows a deteriorating situation.

Countries: Chad, Sudan Source: Médecins Sans Frontières More than 550,000 people fleeing the unrelenting violence in Sudan, mostly women and children seeking shelter in Ouaddai province in eastern Chad are living in precarious water and sanitation conditions.

Country: World Sources: UN Children’s Fund, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Bank, World Health Organization More children are surviving today than ever before, with the under-5 mortality rate declining by 51% since 2000. But an estimated 4.9 million children still died before their fifth birthday.

On 7 March 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it is launching a new whistleblower pilot program designed to reward individuals who report acts of significant corporate misconduct or financial wrongdoing (DOJ Whistleblower Program).1 The new DOJ Whistleblower Program follows in the footsteps of whistleblower programs at […]