Interesting analysis of Stardust by @mttaggart

In post about sensitive health and location data, FTC warns claims about data being anonymous or anonymized are "often deceptive." “Companies that make false claims about anonymization can expect to hear from the FTC.”  ftc.gov/business-guida…

Oh boy. I am really curious what they’re saying on tiktok and if a proposed solution is apps. Because if it is, I have a lot of concerns...

Further discussion on the privacy risks of popular period tracking apps, complete with recs from Leah R. Fowler

A new year, a new space. Welcome, UH Law Center class of 2025! Let’s get this learning started!

Prof. Doron Dorfman is quoted in Dallas Morning News story on the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act involving the coverage of the HIV preventative drug PrEP. Dorfman's work on PrEP regulation has been published Boston College Law Review & forth. Cornell Law Review dallasnews.com/news/courts/20…

Texas health officials have missed a key window to complete the state’s first major updated count of pregnancy related deaths in nearly a decade, saying the findings will now be released next summer, most likely after the Legislature’s biennial session. bit.ly/3Bb0wTz

SCOOP -- The App Association brands itself as a grassroots group representing small app developers. But in reality, Apple dictates the group's positions and provides the vast majority of its funding, pouring in millions per year, former employees told me. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In absence of comprehensive sex ed in schools, many teens turn to TikTok. What are they likely to find? In new manuscript in TheHPPJournal , Leah R. Fowler Hadley Stevens Smith Lauren Schoen describe when teens "tok" about sex journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

An annual tradition! The Best of HPP Collection: hpp.pub/2022Best Most highly cited: hpp.pub/3FVum1r Kudos to authors Leah Fowler, Stephanie Morain Hadley Stevens Smith Lauren Schoen! Thank you for trusting your work to HPP! #open til 4-17-23. genhealthEQ LaNita Wright

Premom, a free app w/ hundreds of thousands of users, "encourages users to provide information about their menstrual cycles, fertility, and pregnancy as well as to import their data from other apps such as Apple Health." ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

So nice to welcome extraordinary health law folks to Seton Hall Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law WIP retreat Seton Hall Law! With Zack Buck Ximena Benavides @DrXimeBena.bsky.social Liz McCuskey Christopher Robertson Leah R. Fowler @mayamanian Leslie Francis @weparmet Cristina Tilley Ana Santos Rutschman Tara Adams Ragone Jake Elberg @carlhcoleman => 1/2

Couldn’t be more thrilled that Influencer Speech-Torts is forthcoming in The Georgetown Law Journal. In it, we explore the imposition of duties on social media influencers in the context of health advice resulting in physical harm. So grateful to so many for their generous feedback & support!

It’s official! This fall, I will be an Assistant Professor at UH Law Center. I am excited to start my tenure-track journey in the city I have always called home. #gocoogs 🐾♥️