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Who owns liability when a networked implant impacts patient care?
What happens to your neural data when a BCI startup goes bankrupt?

Does tort law even apply when the attacker is a nation-state?

If you work in health law, regulatory compliance, medical malpractice, or tech policy — your analysis belongs at DEF CON's Biohacking Village. Come meet them.

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#healthlaw #biocybersecurity #hospitalinfrastructure #meddevice #DEFCON

Who owns liability when a networked implant impacts patient care?
What happens to your neural data when a BCI startup goes bankrupt?

Does tort law even apply when the attacker is a nation-state?

If you work in health law, regulatory compliance, medical malpractice, or tech policy — your analysis belongs at DEF CON's Biohacking Village. Come meet them.

Submit your talk → https://forms.gle/Fp7jjtkXWDkKHwME7

#healthlaw #biocybersecurity #hospitalinfrastructure #meddevice #DEFCON

Who owns liability when a networked implant impacts patient care?
What happens to your neural data when a BCI startup goes bankrupt?

Does tort law even apply when the attacker is a nation-state?

If you work in health law, regulatory compliance, medical malpractice, or tech policy — your analysis belongs at DEF CON's Biohacking Village. Come meet them.

Submit your talk → https://forms.gle/Fp7jjtkXWDkKHwME7

#healthlaw #biocybersecurity #hospitalinfrastructure #meddevice #DEFCON

https://www.europesays.com/people/47808/ Macron urges Andorra to ‘move forwards’ on decriminalising abortion | Nation #Abortion #AbortionLaw #afp #andorra #BirthControl #CivilRightsAndLiberties #CoPrincesOfAndorra #EmmanuelMacron #HealthLaw #HumanPregnancy #IssuesInEthics #MedicalEthics #MedicalLaw #MethodsOfBirthControl #PregnancyWithAbortiveOutcome #ReproductionInMammals #ReproductiveRights #SexualHealth #SocialIssues #women

‘I jumped at it’: Australia’s new CDC chief on trust, misinformation and never being surprised by a health threat - the latest of a series of interviews with health leaders by the Guardian's Melissa Davey https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/12/australian-cdc-chief-interview-misinformation-health #CDC #healthlaw #auspol #trust #misinformation

'Whether the UK will achieve a “smokefree generation” is not guaranteed. The legislation will need to be backed by effective enforcement, sustained investment in local public health services and continued support for smoking cessation once it becomes law.'

https://theconversation.com/the-uk-is-about-to-start-an-experiment-that-could-end-smoking-for-good-but-it-wont-be-easy-276114

'Even so, it represents a significant step forward. The policy is grounded in prevention, supported by public opinion and informed by decades of tobacco control research and practice. If enforcement and cessation support keep pace with legislative ambition, the UK has reason to be cautiously optimistic that this could mark the beginning of a long-term endgame for tobacco.' #smoking #vaping #tobacco #health #healthcare #healthlaw #UKpol #UKlaw

‘Landmark’ bill preventing future generations from buying tobacco a step closer to becoming law

https://www.doctors.net.uk/news/landmark-bill-preventing-future-generations-from-buying-tobacco-a-step-closer-to-becoming-law #smoking #vaping #tobacco #health #healthcare #healthlaw #UKpol #UKlaw

Delighted to see the Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-2026 (UK) pass through the House of Lords - overcoming much Big Tobacco interference, obstruction and contestation. Baroness Gillian Merron for Labor commented on this landmark bill: 'Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death, disability and ill health and tobacco claims around 80,000 lives every year. While tobacco remains the greatest threat, this legislation is about protecting future generations from the harms of not only tobacco but nicotine addiction.'

Here is my submission on the bill - https://eprints.qut.edu.au/260960/

Hansard Discussion - 9 March 2026 https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-03-09/debates/456BC873-F7AF-443A-99A3-E8A51BF4048C/TobaccoAndVapesBill

#smoking #vaping #tobacco #health #healthcare #healthlaw #UKpol #UKlaw

In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Premier Jacinta Allan said "victims" deserved justice, and that "Victoria demands answers".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/simon-gordon-four-corners-allegations-premier-police-referral/106379430
"Without commenting on the specific case, let me be clear: Performing unnecessary surgery is a crime, removing a woman's organs without a clinical need is a crime, and assisting in that conduct is a crime," she said. #auslaw #auspol #springst #healthlaw

Regulator 'dropped the ball' by dismissing complaints about gynaecologist's practices https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/endometriosis-surgeon-simon-gordon-ahpra-complaints-four-corners/106376338 #AHPRA #healthlaw #auspol #auslaw #4corners #regulation

Meanwhile, Health expert says 'it's a mystery' why WA is falling behind eastern states on illegal tobacco laws https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/wa-falls-behind-on-tobacco-laws/106220752 #wapol #smoking #tobacco #vaping #health #healthlaw

The Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls MP has deployed the new closure powers against illegal tobacconists and chop-shops over the Summer Break.

https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/104117

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/15m-in-goods-seized-148-qld-stores-closed-during-10-day-tobacco-blitz-20251207-p5nlhp.html

'More than 13,000 days of closure orders issued in nation’s biggest illicit tobacco and vapes operation

The Crisafulli Government has wasted no time using its new 90-day closure powers to shut down 148 illegal stores in a 10-day statewide operation.

Totalling 13,320 days in closures, this is the largest ever operation against illicit tobacco and vape retailers in Australia.

Operation Major netted more than $15.7 million worth of illegal vapes, cigarettes and loose tobacco.'

#tobacco #ecigarettes #vapes #enforcement #healthlaw #auslaw #auspol #qldpol

I have been following the legislative debate over the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Dismantling Illegal Trade) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (Qld) over the last two days in the Queensland Parliament. I was pleased to see that the bill passed with amendment on the 19 November 2025.

https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/103979

Queensland Health provides a summary of the bill: 'The Bill makes significant reforms to Queensland’s tobacco legislation, to disrupt the economic incentives associated with the commercial possession and supply of illicit tobacco and illicit nicotine products such as vapes.

The key reforms in the Bill include:

* expanding existing powers to allow the chief executive of Queensland Health to close down businesses operating illegally for 3 months (instead of the current 72 hour period), and for the courts to close businesses for up to 12 months;

* making it an offence to open a business subject to a closure order to the public, or supply any goods or services during a closure order (maximum penalty of $33,380 and on the spot fines of $3,338 for an individual and $16,690 for a corporation);

* giving landlords the power to terminate a commercial lease where a closure order has been issued against their premises;

* creating a criminal offence for landlords who knowingly permit their tenant to sell illicit tobacco or illicit nicotine products from their commercial premises and a civil penalty for landlords who have been recklessly indifferent or wilfully blind to the illegal activity of their tenant, without a reasonable excuse;

* empowering officers to confiscate legal smoking products, including cigarettes, hookahs, and hookah components to be seized alongside illicit tobacco and illicit nicotine products that are found and seized at a premises;

allowing controlled purchase operations where an appointed officer can act as a customer and attempt to buy illicit products in-person or from online stores, in order to detect and disrupt the sale of illicit products;

* making executive officers of corporations liable for certain offences committed by the corporation where they cannot otherwise demonstrate evidence of a defence; and

* inserting additional operational improvements, including strengthened enforcement powers and licensing requirements.

In addition to the above, amendments to the Bill were moved during parliamentary debate to also allow for nitrous oxide bulbs and cannisters (‘nangs’) to be seized as ‘compromised goods’ if found with illicit tobacco or illicit nicotine products. This urgent amendment addresses the public harms of recreational misuse of nangs, and their accessibility in illicitly-trading tobacconists and retail stores.' https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=0&id=4551

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-20/authorities-to-seize-nangs-illegal-tobacco-nicotine-laws/106026300

#tobacco #smoking #vaping #health #healthlaw #auslaw #qldpol

Australia’s poker machine story started 70 years ago. We were warned of harms from the beginning https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/10/australias-poker-machine-story-started-70-years-ago-we-were-warned-of-harms-from-the-beginning
Quentin Beresford is the author of Hooked: Inside the Murky World of Australia’s Gambling Industry
#auslaw #auspol #gambling #healthlaw #addiction

QUT professor endorses UK push to create smokefree generations https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=202356

Coming from a Liverpudlian family, I care very much about the public health of the United Kingdom. I have been busy following the United Kingdom debate over the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-2025 this year - the bill is currently undergoing a committee debate in the House of Lords. Here is my report on the debate https://eprints.qut.edu.au/260960/

#quitsmoking #smoking #vapes #tobacco #tobaccoendgame #healthcare #healthlaw #smokefreegenerations #smokefreespaces #UKlaw #UKpol

A Queensland man who was injured due to negligent care at Redcliffe Hospital has won a High Court appeal to receive financial compensation to live in his own home, in what lawyers are calling a "landmark moment". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-03/high-court-ruling-michael-stewart-injuries/105729824 #auslaw #HCA #healthlaw #torts

Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja says the normalisation of gambling in sport for young people is ‘scary and dangerous’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/28/usman-khawaja-says-labor-too-slow-banning-gambling-ads-protect-children

Samantha Thomas, a professor of public health at Deakin University, said.

'Independent analysis also shows that we don’t need gambling ads to protect free-to-air television and big media brands. If we are to move forward in Australia, we must also disrupt industry influence over policy.'

Dr Kerrie Aust from the Australian Medical Association was among the group calling for change. She said that, as a GP, she 'had seen the damage gambling is causing and its links with mental health disorders and substance abuse'.

#gambling #advertising #auslaw #auspol #addiction #healthlaw

More than $70 million worth of illicit tobacco, cigarettes and vapes have been seized north of Brisbane.

In a joint operation, the Australian Border Force and Queensland Police Service executed warrants across 17 storage facilities last week.

Queensland Acting Premier Jarrod Bleijie says the state government will continue to provide resources to police to crack down on the illicit tobacco trade.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/qld-historic-tobacco-vape-cigarette-bust/105717320
#auspol #auslaw #tobacco #enforcement #litigation #qldpol #healthlaw

Teenage vaping has ‘turned a corner’ in Australia, says Mark Butler, as data shows falling rates https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/16/teenage-vaping-has-turned-a-corner-in-australia-says-mark-butler-as-data-shows-falling-rates
Report finds vaping rate among children aged 14-17 years has declined, with some describing embarrassment about being a ‘vaper’ #auslaw #auspol #vaping #healthlaw

New Book - The Scientist Who Wasn’t There - lawyer Joanne Briggs writes about her father who was a scientist, a fantasist, and a fraud https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/09/my-father-the-fake-was-anything-he-told-me-actually-true #biography #science #fakes #fraud #uklaw #healthlaw This book reminds me that I once had a honours student who did a great study of the field of scientific misconduct and fraud.

Monash IVF chief executive resigns after company’s second embryo transplant bungle
Michael Knapp stands down from role as experts call for national regulation of assisted reproductive technology https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/12/monash-ivf-chief-executive-resigns-after-companys-second-embryo-transplant-bungle #healthlaw #bioethics

We’re excited to announce our upcoming #Opioid #Archive National Symposium, Tues, May 6 – Thurs, May 8. Check out the lineup of speakers on topics including #HealthJournalism #HealthPolicy #HealthLaw #InformationScience #Archives #HistMed #ScienceHistory #VisualArt #LivedExperience https://oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-national-symposium-2025/

'A doctor in Victoria has admitted she breached the medical board’s code of conduct by asking her patients for $150,000 so she could start a prescription vaping clinic for teenagers and write a book, among other things.' https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/26/carolyn-beaumont-doctor-medical-code-of-conduct-teenage-vape-solutions-funding-ntwnfb #vaping #codeofconduct #ethics #doctors #healthlaw

Speaking generally, the president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Dr Nicole Higgins, said: “It goes without saying that GPs should act in their patients’ interests at all times, and that the best care comes from a GP who knows their patients and their histories well … Clinical decisions must not be influenced by commercial interests.”

Nominee for health secretary decried as ‘vaccine denier and conspiracy theorist … this is going to cost lives’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/trump-administration-rfk-criticisms #healthlaw #uspol #uslaw

New anti-vaping program to target schoolkids as educators fear students unaware of health risks https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/mark-butler-anti-vaping-program-health-high-school-children/104596136 #health #healthlaw #education #vaping #auspol #auslaw

Families call for action on legacy asbestos as home renovators among those to contract mesothelioma https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-02/mesothelioma-asbestos-exposure-cancer-reform/104546126 #asbestos #healthlaw #auspol #auslaw

Australian COVID-19 inquiry finds vaccine ‘strollout’ cost lives, eroded trust

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/covid-inquiry-finds-vaccine-strollout-cost-lives-eroded-trust-20241029-p5km5j.html https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/covid-19-response-inquiry-report

#COVID19 #auspol #auslaw #access2meds #healthlaw

(Although there were plentiful submissions on intellectual property and access to essential medicines, the report does not really even broach the subject).

NSW Council of Social Services report finds ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people delaying or not seeing GP due to cost https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/23/even-wealthy-australians-avoiding-gp-visits-as-cost-of-living-hurts-access-to-healthcare #healthlaw #access2meds #universalhealthcare #auspol

‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/hancock-and-hunt-failed-to-prepare-uk-for-pandemic-covid-inquiry-finds
Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says #Klaw #UKpol #COVID19 #healthlaw

‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/hancock-and-hunt-failed-to-prepare-uk-for-pandemic-covid-inquiry-finds
Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says #Klaw #UKpol #COVID19 #healthlaw

‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/hancock-and-hunt-failed-to-prepare-uk-for-pandemic-covid-inquiry-finds
Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says #Klaw #UKpol #COVID19 #healthlaw

‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/hancock-and-hunt-failed-to-prepare-uk-for-pandemic-covid-inquiry-finds
Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says #Klaw #UKpol #COVID19 #healthlaw

‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/hancock-and-hunt-failed-to-prepare-uk-for-pandemic-covid-inquiry-finds
Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says #Klaw #UKpol #COVID19 #healthlaw

Hello, I'm Lisa. 👋
I work at #OxfordUniversity (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy + #SomervilleCollege) on moral and legal #philosophy, especially #NormativeEthics and #PracticalEthics and #HealthLaw. #introductions

#InternationalLaw #ir #policy #treaty BEFORE #MedTech markets
#insurance x end of:

1 Sales
Open spare parts manufacturing specs

2 Support
Open firmware, apps, cloud, dev, test, repair sources

3 Business
Open protocols, fab specs, patents

#NoMore #abandoned #patients

#Obsolete #Unsupported #Bionics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

#HumanCost
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-03810-5/index.html

#BCI
#BMI
#neurobuzz
#neuroTech
#neuroStimulation
#brainImplant
#neuroscience
#neuroEthics
#medicalEthics
#healthLaw
#healthcareEthics

Year-in-Review from #Chemerinsky:

2022 contained a week that dramatically changed constitutional law
https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/chemerinsky-a-week-that-dramatically-changed-constitutional-law

#SCOTUS #ConstitutionalLaw #HealthLaw #SecondAmendment #PublicInterest #ErwinChemerinsky #Abortion #LawFedi #LawProfs

So it is #introduction time again. I have moved to a smaller #lawprofs instance, but still keen to engage with the broader community! I am an Italian #legal #academic currently based in Australia. I am interested in pretty much everything from my research interests, #Torts #Regulation #Risk #HealthLaw #PublicHealth #LawAndTech, but also #Politics #SocialJustice #ClimateAction, as well as #SciFi & #Fantasy. I have two little kids and am heavily invested in students pastoral care. See you around!

A re-#introduction as I recently moved instances.

I am a legal theorist, working at #DalhousieUniversity in Halifax, Canada. This year, I am teaching #TortLaw and #Jurisprudence. I am also a member of Dal’s #HealthLaw Institute.

My research is in #LegalTheory, particularly as that relates to the lawful use and disposal of living and dead human bodies and body parts. In doing so, I often draw on cultural legal studies, legal and political philosophy and social theory.

Haven’t done a proper #introduction yet! I am a legal #academic at the Uni of Western Australia Law School (in Perth). I teach and research #TortLaw, #HealthLaw & #HealthPolicy, #risk and #regulation. I am here to build up a community of people keen to share and discuss #law, #SocialJustice, #politics, #PublicHealth, #LawAndTech and just fun & interesting stuff more generally!
Used to love the birdie but I am too much of a leftie to cop the billionaire BS. So here I am!

"...reconsent of paediatric participants upon obtaining capacity should be explicit and informed in Canada, and should not be presumed from continued participation alone."

Our new paper: Reconsenting paediatric research participants https://jme.bmj.com/content/49/2/106

#consent #bioethics #cohortstudies #biobanking #healthlaw #ethics

"...reconsent of paediatric participants upon obtaining capacity should be explicit and informed in Canada, and should not be presumed from continued participation alone."

Our new paper: Reconsenting paediatric research participants https://jme.bmj.com/content/49/2/106

#consent #bioethics #cohortstudies #biobanking #healthlaw #ethics

"...reconsent of paediatric participants upon obtaining capacity should be explicit and informed in Canada, and should not be presumed from continued participation alone."

Our new paper: Reconsenting paediatric research participants https://jme.bmj.com/content/49/2/106

#consent #bioethics #cohortstudies #biobanking #healthlaw #ethics

"...reconsent of paediatric participants upon obtaining capacity should be explicit and informed in Canada, and should not be presumed from continued participation alone."

Our new paper: Reconsenting paediatric research participants https://jme.bmj.com/content/49/2/106

#consent #bioethics #cohortstudies #biobanking #healthlaw #ethics

Intro post. I’m an health law attorney supporting MassHealth which is Massachusetts’ #Medicaid program so I’m interested in #healthlaw. I won’t write much about work. I am interested in politics and public policy and being more #antiracist and in #knitting and #unitarianuniversalism and #biking and #gardening and #music and far too many other interests. Newly diagnosed with #adhd. #migraines. #singleparenting.

Matthew Rimmer, ‘A Submission on the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Vaping) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld)’, Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee, the Queensland Parliament, 28 June 2024, QUT ePrints: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250430/ For Committee work see https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=238&id=4431 #auspol #auslaw #qldpol #qldlaw #ecigarettes #vaping #healthlaw #enforcement

A Submission on the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 (Cth) - Professor Matthew Rimmer - Community Affairs Legislation Committee - Australian Senate https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/434/
#ecigarettes #vaping #law #litigation #lawreform #healthlaw #consumerlaw #advertisingregulation #auslaw #auspol

Women in pelvic mesh class action still waiting for payouts more than a year after $300 million settlement
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-25/women-in-pelvic-mesh-class-action-still-waiting-for-payouts/104384552
#healthlaw #classaction #litigation #settlement #auslaw #auspol

Fertility giant Monash IVF settles class action with more than 700 patients over inaccurate embryo screening test

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-22/monash-ivf-class-action-lawsuit-settlement-embryo/104256328

#auslaw #auspol #healthlaw #settlement

Melbourne surgeon failed to tell patient he invented ‘experimental’ device used to replace jaw joints, court documents claim
Dr George Dimitroulis, who is being sued in a Victorian court by a former patient, denies any injuries were caused by negligence or the prosthesis https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/05/melbourne-surgeon-failed-to-tell-patient-he-invented-experimental-device-used-to-replace-jaw-joints-court-documents-claim #healthlaw #auslaw #auspol

#Introduction
Brace yourselves darlings, I'm going to throw all the hashtags at you.

Hola! I'm a #queer law academic in Melbourne, Australia working on #familylaw, #healthlaw, #feministbioethics, #disabilitylaw #mentalhealthlaw, #contractlaw, #remedies and #labourlaw.

Also a single parent of one living child, one dead and three adult stepchildren. And an extremely floofy dog. So I guess I'm also working on #parenting #dogparenting, #grief & #babyloss. I love #art, #books & #languages