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Below is an excerpt of an article that was published in ISHN on October 14, 2021.
Most workers in the United States are protected from retaliation for raising workplace health and safety concerns and for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses.…
Continue Reading OSHA retaliation complaints rising – Have you checked your anti-retaliation program lately?
Last week, a shareholder of Danimer Scientific, Inc., filed a derivative suit against the company’s executives and board members, alleging that overstated sustainability claims led to millions of dollars in market capitalization losses.
Danimer manufactures polymers, resins, and plastic alternatives…
Continue Reading Shareholder Files Derivative Suit Targeting Company Executives for Greenwashing
This week, both Apple and Microsoft issued patches to fix serious zero-day vulnerabilities that should be applied as soon as possible. That means that if you have an iPhone or iPad, you may want to plug your phone or iPad…
Continue Reading Apple + Microsoft Release Patches for Identified Vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence firm Mandiant released findings about a new Russian based hacking group dubbed FIN12, which is targeting the health care industry and companies with revenue over $300 million. Mandiant said that FIN12 is “very aggressive and brazen in who…
Continue Reading New Russian Based Ransomware Group Targeting Large Companies and Hospitals
DAL Global Services LLC, an aviation ground handling service provider, was hit with a proposed biometric privacy class action in April of this year in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. This week the court ruled…
Continue Reading Biometric Privacy Class Action Against DAL Global Service will Proceed
When you are educating your employees about the importance of maintaining a complex password or passphrase, share this story to show why it is so important and to emphasize not to use same or similar passphrases across multiple platforms. It…
Continue Reading Passwords Used by Iranian-Backed Hackers Against Defense Contractors
Last month, in Canada, a 63-year old engineer received his lung transplant via drone delivery. This was the world’s first drone-delivered lung transplant. The drone flew for approximately 6 minutes from Toronto Western Hospital across the city to Toronto General…
Continue Reading World’s First Drone-Delivered Lung Transplant
If you think the Russians are only targeting U.S. companies and the defense industry, think again. The cyber war between Russia and the U.S. has escalated since the President threw down the gauntlet on Putin, and the retaliation is to…
Continue Reading Privacy Tip #303 – Russian Hacking Group Targets Gmail Users
This post was co-authored by Abby M. Warren and Emily A. Zaklukiewicz who are members of Robinson+Cole’s Labor and Employment Group.
Last month, President Biden issued an Executive Order which effectively imposes several COVID-19 safety standards and protocols, including…
Continue Reading Mandatory Vaccination and Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
On October 1, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its new Draft Strategic Plan for 2022 through 2026 (Strategic Plan). EPA is required to develop the Strategic Plan to communicate EPA’s priorities over the next four years and…
Continue Reading EPA’s Draft Strategic Plan Emphasizes Environmental Justice
