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On February 20, 2024, the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board. Coalition for TJ involves an admissions policy at a prestigious public magnet high school which has significantly impacted racial demography at the...

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...

CHESTERBROOK, PA (January 31, 2024) – In joining Saul Ewing as a new partner, Caroline Patterson brings more than 25 years of legal experience to her work representing health care practices and industry professionals in transactional, corporate and regulatory matters. She is resident in the firm’s...

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...

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