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Frontier to Pay Connecticut $625,000 Over 2024 Data Breach
Connecticut's $625,000 Frontier breach settlement: what it requires, and why it is not the separate $5.64M class settlement, whose claim window closed in 2025.
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DHS Finalizes Rule Ending Automatic EAD Work Permit Extensions
DHS adopted its interim rule as final at 91 FR 65306 on Oct. 14, 2026: a renewal Form I-765 filed on or after Oct. 30, 2025 no longer extends an EAD.
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$2.7M BCHP Data Breach Settlement Also Binds IT Vendor XTIUM
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Frontier to Pay Connecticut $625,000 Over 2024 Data Breach
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DHS Finalizes Rule Ending Automatic EAD Work Permit Extensions
DHS adopted its interim rule as final at 91 FR 65306 on Oct. 14, 2026: a renewal Form I-765 filed on or after Oct. 30, 2025 no longer extends an EAD.
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