Koch Foods Requirement For Long-Term Contracts With Hefty Exit Penalties Designed To Suppress Competition Among Chicken Farmers. Koch Foods, one of the leading players in the poultry processing industry, is facing intense scrutiny over allegations of antitrust behavior aimed at stifling competition among chicken farmers. The company has come under the regulatory radar for allegedly…
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Asset/Wealth management firms accused of violating antitrust laws by stifling employees rights to free and fair market. A group of asset and wealth management companies are accused of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to depress wages as well as to restrict employee recruitment and hiring according to a recently filed class action lawsuit. Defendants named…
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Medical Management Resource Group, doing business as American Vision Partners recently confirmed that the protected health information of 2,350,236 individuals was compromised in a recent data breach. Medical Management Resource Group, L.L.C. (“MMRG” or the “Company”, d.b.a. American Vision Partners, which provides administrative services to ophthalmology practices, recently filed notice of a data breach affecting…
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Insufficient network security at Integris nets hackers personal identities of 2.4 million Oklahomans. Integris leaves affected individuals to fend for themselves. A recently filed class action lawsuit alleges INTEGRIS Health failed to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect patient data, despite being aware of a high risk of ransomware and other cyberattacks on…
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Over 307k DMOS patients face a lifetime threat of identity theft after “vendor failure” at orthopaedic clinics. What Happened? The Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons data breach was only recently announced, and more information is expected in the near future. However, DMOS’s filing with the Attorney General of Texas provides some important information on what led…
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Keenan & Associates failure to follow even the most basic cybersecurity enabled August 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal and medical data of more than 1.5 million people. On January 26, 2024, Keenan & Associates. (“Keenan”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that the company was the victim of a cyberattack that occurred in August…
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Planet Home Lending confirms 200k customers were impacted during November 2023 ransomwear attack. On January 25, 2024, Planet Home Lending, LLC. (“Planet Home Lending”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that the company was the victim of a cyberattack that occurred in November 2023. In this notice,…
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Current and former employees as well as mortgage customers now at permanent risk of identity theft after Academy Mortgage data breach. On December 20 2023, Academy Mortgage Corporation (“Academy”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that the company was the victim of a cyberattack that occurred back…
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Concentra Health Services report nearly 4 million patient records exposed in data breach at third party medical transcription company PJ&A. What Happened? Concentra Health Services filed a data breach report with HHS on January 9th tied to a previously reported breach at Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A), a medical transcription company. Concentra’s breach report added…
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CRHS waits eight months to notify individuals whose personal information was stolen during 2023 data breach. What Happened? On January 19, 2024, Columbus Regional Healthcare System (“CRHS”) filed a Notice of Data Breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that threat actors removed personal information from the company’s computer network during a data breach…
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