Information Security. Corporate Law. Litigation
The Office for Civil Rights, which is the HIPAA enforcement arm of U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued guidance today on how entities subject to HIPAA (covered entities) may disclose protected health information (PHI) about an individual who has been exposed to COVID-19 to law enforcement, paramedics, other first responders, and public… 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
Over the last few years, agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission have fostered a movement to encourage industry to implement the concept of privacy-by-design. The idea behind privacy-by-design ... Read More
The National Football League generated $13 billion in revenue in 2016.[i] The next closest professional sports league was Major League Baseball at $9.5 billion. In comparison, the Premier League and ... Read More