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• New Center for Identity Management and Information Protection to Study Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2006 6:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A good resource for identity theft research and prevention tools has just been organized. This think tank includes a public and private partnership between such organizations as the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IBM, and Lexis/Nexis Corporation. The identity theft research organization will study all problems associated with identity theft and associated...

• Ironic Identity Theft Problem at the Federal Trade Commision

  Staff Writer | June 23, 2006 1:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Ironically, yesterday the Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with the responsibility for investigating and prosecuting incidents of identity theft, issued a press release admitting that two of its laptop computers had been stolen exposing approximately 110 people to the prospect of identity theft. I thought that by publicly admitting that the incident occurred and providing a...

• Identity Thefts Continue

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2006 9:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I've written in the past about how Arizona is the number one state in the nation regarding incidents of identity theft. Well, unfortunately it appears that other states want to catch up. Yesterday, I heard about the most recent theft of personal confidential information and social security numbers from an financial company known as ING Financial Services. Apparently, thieves stole a laptop...

• Using Technology to Reduce Medical Errors

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2006 10:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In the past, I have referred to a 1999 study by the Institute of Medicine which linked medical errors to the deaths of between 44,000 and 98,000 people annually. Recently, it has come to my attention that one error reduction strategy available to physicians involves the use of technology in doctors' medical practices. Unfortunately, according to an article in yesterday's Tucson Citizen, only...

• Recent Litigation Involving Arizona Court of Appeals Judges

  Staff Writer | June 10, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Years ago, I worked at the Arizona Court of Appeals so when I came across this article reporting that two Arizona Court of Appeals judges had been named as defendants in separate discrimination lawsuits, I became disheartened. I must say that my experiences at the Arizona Court of Appeals were terrific. I had a chance to meet some extremely bright and intelligent people who brought judicial...

• Does Your Insurance Company Treat You Fairly?

  Staff Writer | June 07, 2006 5:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Today I came across an article from the Los Angeles Times discussing record insurance company profits for 2005. In this article, I learned that profits from homeowner and automobile industry business lines totaled a record 44.8 billion dollars last year. Wow! I found these figures amazing in light of natural disasters which occurred last year such as Hurricane Katrina. Profits increased by...

• Supreme Court to Hear Punitive Damage Case

  Staff Writer | June 01, 2006 10:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Yesterday I heard that the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a case concerning the appropriateness of an award of punitive damages against the Phillip Morris Company. This case involves allegations that Phillip Morris wilfully concealed the dangers of smoking for years and that this conduct was "extraordinarily reprehensible." According to the Oregon Supreme Court, such...