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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...
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...
Sandy Bilus, a member of the Ethics Committee and Saul Ewing's Deputy General Counsel, will be speaking at the SCCE Virtual Higher Education Compliance Conference on October 25, 2023. Privacy Law: Year in Review Speakers: Alexander Bilus and Kenneth Liddle Understand changes to privacy law at all...
On August 24, 2023, the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights ("OCR" or the "Department") released a Dear Colleague Letter (the "DCL") regarding "Race and School Programming." This DCL, which surely appears to be a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Students for Fair...
On August 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. The DOJ Fact Sheet is at Fact Sheet: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on...
Trending Risk Management Topics in Athletics Tuesday, September 12 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm EDT ABOUT Athletics at colleges and universities offer students the ability to build skills including physical fitness, teamwork, and perseverance. Athletics also create risk, and with athletic risks evolving and...
In an effort to combat discrimination and harassment based on caste, numerous colleges and universities have amended their nondiscrimination policies to explicitly prohibit misconduct based on caste. Institutions of higher education are joined in this effort by some states and municipalities...
Saul Ewing attorneys Josh Richards and Carolyn Pellegrini will be attending the 2023 NACUA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. During the conference, these attorneys will also be speaking on various panels. See below for more information. 01C. Bias Incident Response Landscape: Publics and Privates...
Institutions of higher education have increasingly become the targets of the plaintiffs' class action bar, but many institutions named as defendants in those class actions are finding themselves in that position for the first time. This seminar reviewed the types of class claims being asserted...
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...