Earlier, I blogged about two NMC employees being fired for viewing Dr. Sacara’s medical records without authorization. Dr. Sacara had been treated for Ebola at NMC. Recently, a man in Texas was diagnosed with Ebola. This is different from Dr. Sacara, who was being treated at NMC for Ebola. In other words, NMC knew of Dr. Sacara’s condition. The Texas patient contacted Ebola in Liberia, traveled to the United States [...]
Government regulation of groundwater just became a lot more precarious in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that landowners own the groundwater upon which their land sits, which means that the State of Texas has to be extra careful in how it regulates groundwater use. Specifically, landowners may be entitled to compensation if the state's groundwater regulations go to far. Which regulations "go to far"? At this point, nobody knows and [...]
