Follow POL on Twitter The Washington Examiner editorializes against the Senate provision empowering state AGs -- quite possibly in concert with outside private lawyers working for a percentage of the swag -- to seek cash damages under the HIPAA health-privacy law.
"Buying off trial lawyers to grease the stimulus"
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |
