Talk about ironic, the Deparment of Homeland Security has apparently joined the growing list of other government agencies which overlooked cybersecurity. The Inspector General's Office conducted a recent audit of ninety-four of the Department's laptop computers and found:"significant work remains to be done" by the inspector general's office in the areas of configuration, patch and inventory...
Well I found yet another agency with computer security problems amid the ever-growing list of government agencies which have not yet prioritized computer security. This time, according to an article in Computerworld Security Magazione,The information systems used by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, are vulnerable to cyberattacks...
This week, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual study about health insurance premiums across the country. Great news! Across the country, your health insurance premiums only increased an average of 7.7%. Of course, the overall rate of inflation increased by 3.5% and workers salary increased by 3.8%. While our health insurance premiums are skyrocketing, keep in mind that...
A recent article in the LA Times discussed a different type of health insurance crisis affecting small business owners and people with individual health insurance policies. The crisis is very real and not a feigned one resting on catchy slogans. In fact, the crisis relates to health insurance companies arbitrarily terminating coverage for sick people in times of need. According to insurance...
Have you notice an increase in junk e-mail messages? Do you notice regular messages promising cheap viagra or work-from-home job opportunities which can make you millions? Well unfortunately, brace for more junk messages in the future. According to a research released by an internet security software maker, corporate e-mail directory theft has increased by thirty-percent. The article I...
Yesterday, the East Valley Tribune editorial department wrote an opinion piece addressing a recent challenge to Maricopa County jury selection procedures adopted in February of this year. Recently, the Maricopa County judiciary modified its jury selection procedures to make it more likely for jurors to be chosen for service at a court within a close geographic proximity to their home. Court...
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...
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...
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...
I must preface this entry and my remarks by saying that my source of information comes exclusively from a newspaper account and by briefly reviewing a judge's order known as a minute entry. However, the facts in the newspaper story and in the judge's discussion of the events have led me to point to this recent case as an example of conduct which gives our profession a bad name. A Maricopa...
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