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This checklist highlights certain considerations for companies preparing to file annual reports on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended 2023 and is intended to serve as a focused resource highlighting changes in disclosure requirements and points of emphasis for the Securities and Exchange...
On February 16, 2024, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a final version of the cybersecurity resource guide (the “Guide”) with respect to the HIPAA Security Rule. As noted in the Guide’s abstract, “This publication provides...
Saul Ewing LLP hosted their second installment of CYCLE by Saul - Covering Your Campus's Legal Education. Our panel of experts focused on the following topics: Speech on Campus: A Discussion of Speech and Protest Activity on Campus and Considerations from Student Affairs and Mental Health...
Brandon Sherman will speak on Third Party Servicers, as well as provide a Department of Education Cybersecurity Compliance Update, during CSPEN’s 6th Annual Higher Education Policy Meeting: Educating America’s Infrastructure Workforce. This event offers the latest Washington scoop on all things...
On February 6, 2024, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Montefiore Medical Center (“MMC”) for alleged HIPAA Security Rule violations and MMC agreed to pay $4.75 million and enter into a two-year corrective action plan (“CAP”) with OCR. MMC admitted no wrongdoing...
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) announced its proposal to amend the Ground Water Quality Standards (“GWQS”) under N.J.A.C. 7:9C to change the ground water quality criteria for 65 constituents of Class II-A ground water. NJDEP is also...
In December 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $480,000 settlement with a Louisiana medical group following a phishing incident. In 2021, the medical group filed a breach report with HHS stating that a hacker – through a...
WASHINGTON, D.C., (DECEMBER 8, 2023) – In joining Saul Ewing as a new counsel, Brandon Sherman brings on a combination of legal experience from private practice and government roles at the U.S. Department of Education to his work advising institutions on federal education regulations, state...
On November 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced an $80,000 HIPAA settlement with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center (“SJMC”) in New York State. The settlement was the result of OCR’s investigation of SJMC after the Associated Press...
EPA Compliance Audit Guidance: New Owner, Voluntary Disclosure, Admission of Liability, Penalty Mitigation The CLE course will address the EPA's most recent guidance for environmental counsel related to its audit policy. The panel will provide an overview of the EPA's incentives to companies that...
On Halloween, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $100,000 settlement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with Doctors’ Management Services (DMS), a Massachusetts medical management company that provides...
Andrew Bockis will discuss "What Lawyers Should Know About Hydrogen Hubs" at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Oil & Gas Law Conference 2023. This conference explores recent legislative and case law developments as well as technological advancements in the oil and gas industry. In addition to being a...