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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced two settlements with HIPAA-covered entities – one in Washington State and one in New Jersey with settlements of $240,000 and $30,000, respectively. In the Washington State settlement, hospital...
Partner Jonathan Havens will speak on "Cannabis and CBD in Food Products" at the Prime Label Consultants' Food Label Conference in Washington, D.C. Cannabidiol (CBD) remains in the news, especially since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's January 26th announcement that existing regulatory...
This program discusses the basics of IT contracts for lawyers who are not IT specialists. Our presenters discussed some fundamental differences between traditional software licenses vs. agreements for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing applications, how to address critical operational...
If you are the owner or co-owner of a small to medium-size medical practice, dental practice, or other health care concern, you have probably never thought of your practice as the type of vehicle that can be used to launder money—not much revenue in the form of cash, too much regulatory oversight...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced two (2) different settlements, one with a HIPAA business associate for $350,000 and one with a HIPAA-covered entity pursuant to the OCR Right of Access Initiative for $15,000...
On April 27, 2023, Saul Ewing LLP hosted the first annual Connector’s Conference: Focus on Food, Beverage and Agribusiness at the Minneapolis Club in downtown Minneapolis. The conference featured agribusiness leaders, operators, dealmakers, legal experts and technology innovators who gathered to...
Contract Management: Tools for Improving Commercial Contract Processes Within Organizations Often times in-house counsel is responsible for oversight of negotiation, drafting, tracking, modification, and renewal of a high volume of commercial agreements, frequently working internally with non-legal...
Partner Jonathan Havens will co-chair the 2023 FDLI Annual Conference. As the premier conference for the food and drug law community, the FDLI Annual Conference addresses complex legal, regulatory, compliance, and policy issues in all facets of the FDA-regulated industry. The conference provides in...
Saul Ewing LLP's first annual Connectors Conference: Focus on Food, Beverage & Agribusiness. This half-day event provided an opportunity to connect with and learn from leaders in the food, beverage and agribusiness sector. Our event featured a notable group of speakers, from organizations including...
On April 12, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “ Notice”) to solicit comments on its proposal to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Specifically, the Privacy Rule modifications described in...