Volume II

Issue : 10: May 13, 2004

• Canada Issues Privacy Investigative Body Regulations
• Privacy Groups Continue Criticism of Googles Gmail
• Lawyers Not Subject to U.S. Privacy Legislation
• Pharmaceutical Companies Get Tough on Internet Pharmacies While U.S. Official Starts Supporting Drug Imports
• Canadian Internet Pharmacy Founder Fighting to Clear his Name
• U.S. Grants Patent for Method to Plant Decoys in P2P Networks to Thwart File Sharing
• Canadian Government Introduces Anti Spam Action Plan

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Canadian Internet Pharmacy Founder Fighting to Clear his Name

Andrew Strempler, founder of RxNorth, an Internet-based pharmacy, has filed an appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench in Manitoba to reverse a decision by the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Board that found him "guilty of unskilled practice of pharmacy and professional misconduct." The decision upholds a disciplinary committee's decision that Strempler violated the Pharmaceutical Act by filling prescriptions for American patients that were written by doctors who were not licensed to practice in Canada. Strempler asked the Court to stay the decision of the Board pending the outcome of the appeal.

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