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October was National Cybersecurity Month. As part of its ongoing focus on HIPAA Security Rule awareness and compliance, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), published its HIPAA Security Rule Incident Procedures newsletter (the “Newsletter”)...
ABC News legal contributors and experts break down the latest in the investigation conducted by the Jan. 6 committee and questions over whether former President Donald Trump will comply.
The close of California’s legislative session on August 31 without amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) means that CCPA will soon apply to personal information that many businesses process concerning their employees, contractors, and applicants. CCPA had been amended in November of...
A spate of lawsuits across the country has targeted companies that use website tracking and analytics tools, claiming they are violating prohibitions against illegal wiretaps. In a recent precedential decision, the Third Circuit weighed in on this issue, suggesting that companies can indeed be...
The California Attorney General began exercising enforcement authority under the CCPA on January 1, 2020. Among the CCPA’s enumerated rights for consumers, the cornerstone of the CCPA, is the right to opt out of the collection of personal information. In Sephora’s case, the Attorney General...
Trump requests neutral special master review seized items | ABCNL ABC News' Aaron Katersky and Kenneth Moton along with legal analyst Jeff Robbins discuss the latest on the Mar-a-Lago raid and investigation.
Justin Danilewitz Speaks with 7NEWS on FBI Recovered Documents from Donald Trump's Home
Justin Danilewitz, a former federal prosecutor now at Saul Ewing, likewise said that what happens next is largely going to turn on whether Trump used his authority to declassify the documents he had in his possession. "The whole game is going to be fought over the actual status of this material,"...
On July 15, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations as part of its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative (the "Initiative"). OCR created...
No ‘slam dunk fix’ in HIPAA privacy law to protect abortion patients The Biden administration wants to lean on the decades-old privacy law to protect abortion patients. What could it actually do? “Typically, the laws are trying to catch up with where the real world is, in terms of what’s going on...
On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights released two guidance documents addressing (1) disclosures under the HIPAA Privacy Rule relating to reproductive health care (“Disclosure Guidance”), and (2) the privacy and security of reproductive health...
Investment Adviser ESG Lessons From BNY Mellon Case By Justin Danilewitz, Bethany Beaver and Shivani Govani (June 29, 2022, 11:52 AM EDT) -- In what likely foreshadows increased enforcement activity, on May 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement of charges against...