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Have Health Insurers Worsened the Opioid Epidemic?

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck October 13, 2017 The statistics are sobering: the number of opioid overdoses have soared to the point where the life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped behind other leading industrialized nations. More than 52,000 people died from opioid-related deaths in 2015, which jumped

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NFL Players’ Brain Studies show CTE on the Rise

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck October 6, 2017 The revelation that former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, who took his own life while serving jail time, had severe CTE, sent shockwaves through the sports world. The condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a progressive disease which

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The Equifax Breach: What You Should Know

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck September 18, 2017 Equifax Inc., one of the country’s biggest credit-monitoring companies, fell victim to a massive data breach that potentially exposed the personal information of 143 million Americans to identity thieves. The data at risk includes social security numbers, birth dates, home

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Sanctuary Cities Must Step Up The Fight for Dreamers

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck September 8, 2017 As young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers” brace for the fallout following the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, there’s a renewed sense of urgency for so-called sanctuary cities to step up the fight to protect

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Discrimination at Google has Become a Serious Issue

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck September 1, 2017 Google has been in crisis mode due to recent events that have exposed an ongoing problem of discrimination in the workplace. This follows Google’s high profile firing of software engineer James Damore, after he published a 10-page memo criticizing the

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Weighing the Benefits of Cyber Insurance

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck August 25, 2017 Cyberattacks that result in massive data breaches are becoming more frequent and costly for companies and consumers. HBO and its investors are reeling from a hacking scandal that compromised 1.5 terabytes of data, which dwarfs the amount of data exposed

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Data Breaches Are a Growing Legal Threat for Healthcare Industry

Written on Behalf of Brian S. Kabateck August 4, 2017 The medical community is reeling from a rash of cyberattacks involving extensive data breaches that compromise the privacy of patients. According to the Government Accountability Office, healthcare data breaches are growing exponentially, affecting millions of Americans who have had their

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