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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Ignorance no defense for celebrity health records snoop

By Amanda Bronstad
National Law Journal
Originally published May 11, 2012

The Ninth Circuit has refused to toss out charges that a former researcher illegally obtained medical records of patients such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Hanks.

The court rejected arguments that the HIPAA-related charges should have been dismissed because Huping Zhou didn't know what he was doing was illegal.

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