privacy issues

Blue Cross Fined for Misconduct

Levin & Perconti
December 27, 2008 03:57

Blue Cross was fined $150,000 for improperly disclosing patients’ medical information to other insurance companies. According to Blue Cross, the disclosure was a printer error. Abuse of patient information has been noted. According to Judy Dugan who works for Consumer...Blue Cross was fined $...

Patient Suing Over Privacy Rights

Levin & Perconti
August 18, 2008 00:38

A woman is suing a medical-services company for disclosing her personal information after undergoing an operation. Although privacy laws are supposed to keep personal information and medical conditions private, all of her information was published in an article. While HIPAA...A woman is suing a...

Game Show Employee Rights?

February 06, 2008 17:15

Apparently there is a new game show out called “Moment of Truth” that gives contestants a lie detector test before the show and then the host asks them the same questions on the air. If the contestant’s answer on the air is different from the results of the polygraph, they lose...

Employment Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Users is Legal in California

January 24, 2008 23:24

Well, the California Supreme Court finally released its opinion in Ross v. Ragingwire Telecommunications, Inc., S138130, today and I have to say I am disappointed with the opinion, although I think the dissenting opinion was completely on the mark. The Decision The Court decided that employers can...

NEVER E-mail Your Attorney From Work!

November 13, 2007 00:14

Sometimes employees use their employer’s e-mail address or computer to contact us. This is understandable, especially for long-term employees who spend most of their waking time at work or using a company-issued computer at home. The problem is that using an employer’s computer or...