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Recently, a friend asked me to pay him back for movie tickets via Venmo. For those of you born before 1985, Venmo is a mobile app owned by PayPal which allows users to “[p]ay anyone with a Venmo account instantly using money you have in Venmo, or link your bank account or debit card… Read More
With the passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), the federal government handed businesses a lethal new weapon to protect trade secrets in federal court. There should be champagne popping in boardrooms everywhere. Why, you ask? Access to federal courts in and of itself is a major boon for businesses. Any seasoned litigator knows… Read More
By: Joel A. Holt, Esq., CIPP/US Talk about the ever changing world of information security and data privacy. Literally, something new, interesting, or terrible occurs daily. The latest giant balloon in the “parade of horribles” is the American Dental Association (“ADA”) providing its members with a free, electronic copy of the 2016 Dental Procedure… Read More
While attending the recent ABA Internet of Things Institute, I heard something troubling from a particular panelist, a data breach class action defense attorney. This attorney, from a monolithic law firm, proclaimed that data breach class-actions were, essentially, on life support as result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s (“SCOTUS”) decision in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l… Read More
Day 1 of the ABA Internet of Things Institute: So, come to find out, the Internet of Things (“IoT”) is not the precursor to SkyNet or a rampant abuse of power by Big Brother. It is fascinating, and yes, slightly frightening. The simple fact is, the IoT is just like any other rapid advance in… Read More
One recent case that didn’t get much attention, but should have, clarifies Ohio health care providers’ potential exposure for the unauthorized disclosure of patient health information (“PHI”). On August 14, 2015, the Second District Court of Appeals decided Sheldon v. Kettering Health Network. [i] In Sheldon, the Second District addressed patients’ rights related to the… Read More