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Act on a Mandate to Protect Research Subjects\u27 Privacy
No full textThe article reports on the mandate from the U.S. Congress for the coordination and expansion of Certificates of Confidentiality to protect identifiable research data from nonconsensual disclosure and maintain privacy. It discusses the implications of the failure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the mandate for the quality of data collection. It cites ways by which the statutory obligations of the HHS are in conflict with the Congress\u27 statutory command
Narrowing FOIA\u27s Exemption for Business Secrets
No full textThis essay examines the judicial aftermath of Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, a controversial 2019 Supreme Court decision that broadened the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption for trade secrets and confidential commercial information (“Exemption 4”). This decision has made it easier for firms to hide damaging information from public view, frustrating the efforts of journalists and government watchdog groups that make FOIA requests to expose environmental harms, health risks, and failures of agency oversight. But two recent circuit court decisions highlight a promising path forward; they interpret Exemption 4 in ways that can mitigate Food Marketing’s negative impact and align more closely with FOIA’s disclosure-promoting goals
Imagination, Hope, and Joy: Building Resilience Through Trauma-Informed Teaching and Self-Care in Anti-Racist Clinics
No full textTeaching students to build resilience is necessary to keep imagining and fighting for a path towards social justice. To do so, clinicians can draw from the communities facing oppression and examine how they remain resilient despite oppression
