

U.S. Settles First Lawsuit Under New Health Privacy Law
The U.S. has settled its first lawsuit under the a new health care privacy law, and appears poised to aggressively target other employers who ask their workers about family illnesses. The case involved a fabric distributor in Oklahoma that apparently required its workers to undergo physical exams in which they were asked whether cancer, heart disease or mental disorders ran in their families. The company quickly settled the case and agreed to pay $50,000 in damages to a job a