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Stephanie Denker, Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, will be speaking at a webinar entitled " Legal Update: A Discussion of Significant Insurance and Reinsurance Cases from 2022 and 2023" on February 27, 2024. The ARIAS•U.S. Law Committee will host this webinar which is focused on significant insurance and...

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...

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...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the transfer of an ERISA action that was filed in a state where an insurer did not maintain sufficient minimum contacts, an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and prejudgment interest, deference to an insurer’s interpretation of a plan’s provisions...

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...

This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the enforceability of contractual statute of limitations provisions described as a “labyrinth,” ERISA claims when the carrier allegedly misrepresents benefits, federal courts retaining ERISA jurisdiction following a related state court case, a court...

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...