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Canada’s Competition Act was amended effective December 15, 2023 to both (i) establish a new, more expansive framework for challenging anti-competitive conduct by dominant firms and...

A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but narrowed the restrictions on his speech.

The federal government recently reintroduced 1 Bill C-7: 2 ("Bill C-7") which, if passed, will amend provisions in the Criminal Code regarding medical assistance in dying ("MAID"). Some of the proposed amendments contained in Bill C-7 are responsive to the decision of the Quebec Superior Court in Truchon v. Procureur général du Canada ("Truchon") , 3 in which the Court held that individuals should not be precluded from seeking MAID on the basis that their deaths are not reasonably foreseea...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The proposed revisions to the Privacy Rule seek to amend provisions that create barriers to coordinated care “without sufficiently compensating for, or offsetting, such burdens through privacy protections.” OCR developed the proposals after reviewing the p...

Proposed Modifications to HIPAA Expands Individual Access Rights and Encourages Further Sharing of PHI for Care Coordination Monday, December 14, 2020 On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The proposed revisions to the Privacy Rule seek to amend provisions that create barriers to coordinated care “without sufficiently compensating for, or offs...