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This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to interpretation of ambiguous policy terms, evaluation of claimant’s expert witness, inclusion of law firms as appropriate parties from whom plan administrators may seek equitable relief, transfer of cases from the claimant’s choice of venue, and...
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...
This month’s Friday Five addresses cases considering: (1) whether monetary relief in the amount of lost benefits is an available remedy for breach of fiduciary duty; (2) the validity of an ex-spouse’s beneficiary designation that contradicts a subsequent divorce decree; (3) if waiver of a pre...
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...
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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...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to interpretation of regulatory deadlines, the enforceability of discretionary clauses, circuit courts going both ways on appeals from summary judgment rulings in favor of plans, and a benefits award for a former professional football player where the...
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...
Saul Ewing attorneys Justin Danilewitz, Patrick Hromisin and Zachary Kizitaff in Philadelphia secured a big win in Pennsylvania state court (Chester County) in a criminal pretrial hearing on behalf of Frank Recknagel, a Security Manager for Energy Transfer LP. Mr. Recknagel was charged with seven...