High tech, low privacy

Article Abstract:

One of the growing numbers of workplace privacy issues spawned by the new technology is what entitles employers to read employee e-mail. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 limits companies listening in on employee phone calls, but no federal statute deals with the issues of e-mail, Internet privacy, and computers, and just a few states have passed laws on the subject. The result is that employees cannot look to a statute for protection in most cases involving high-technology privacy Employers are on a firmer legal footing when they have a detailed, written employee privacy policy.

Prepackaged software, Laws, regulations and rules, Electronic mail systems, Email, Email software, Protection and preservation, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Workers

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Hard to swallow; while federal law shut the door on regulation of dietary supplements, marketing hype may be leading the popular aids up courthouse steps

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Changes in federal law making it easier to market unproven herb and vitamin-based products may be what is driving their vast sales more than such products' effectiveness and the large number of products on the market have made it harder for the government to police extravagant claims. The inclusion of "statements of nutritional support" on product labels is only voluntary. Often supplements sellers handle advertising, and they are not bound by FDA rules.

Advertising, Dietary supplements, Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine

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Getting sued by seniors; verdicts growing in suits citing poor nursing home care

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Senior citizens are plaintiffs in more suits alleging poor care in nursing homes, a trend which started in the late 1990s. Laws governing nursing homes are strict, since homes taking Medicare and Medicaid dollars must meet the quality standards of the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1997 Juries have also started giving higher damages for the pain and suffering of the elderly.

Care and treatment, Aged, Elderly, Cases, Nursing homes

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