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Blockchain GS1 Standards Published, Securities Pilots Continue, Tax Agency Seeks Quadriga CX Records, DOJ Cites Crypto in Charging Venezuelan Cartel

By Jordan R. Silversmith, Marc Powers & Joanna F. Wasick

April 3, 2020

In this issue: • Blockchain GS1 Standards Published, Supply Chain Pilots Announced Across Industries • Telegram Request Denied, Firms Continue Blockchain Initiatives for Securities Trading • Tax Agency Seeks Quadriga CX Records, DOJ Cites Crypto Use by Venezuelan Cartel Blockchain GS1 Standards Published, Supply Chain Pilots Announced Across Industries By: Jordan R. Silversmith Earlier this week, one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers announced it will begin using blockchain to promote supply chain transparency. According…

Data Privacy Monitor

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, HHS Eases Restrictions on the Use and Disclosure of PHI by Business Associates

By Eric A. Packel

April 3, 2020

The COVID-19 public health emergency already has caused the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights to announce various enforcement changes and waivers. On April 2, HHS issued another notification of enforcement discretion – this one relating to business associates. This latest notification allows business associates to use and disclose protected health information (PHI) for public health and health oversight purposes even if not expressly permitted by their business associate…

Employment Class Action Blog

Another Court Rules on When Ride-Sharing Drivers Are Exempt From Arbitration

By John Lewis

April 3, 2020

In this time of concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, there are other challenges still confronting companies. One involves the standard for enforcing arbitration agreements involving transportation workers. Or, stated differently, when drivers may be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). We have previously covered the courts’ struggles to deal with the fallout from New Prime v. Oliveira, 139 S. Ct. 232 (Jan. 12, 2019), on the transportation industry and gig drivers. See our blog…

The Blockchain Monitor

Court Applies Single Scheme Theory To Grant the SEC’s Preliminary Injunction in Telegram Cryptocurrency Case

By John Harrington, John Gherlein, Teresa Goody Guillén, Jonathan A. Forman, Adam Gale & Robert A. Musiala

April 2, 2020

On March 24, Judge P. Kevin Castel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) motion for a preliminary injunction in the closely followed Telegram case. The preliminary injunction continues to prevent the delivery by Telegram Group Inc. and TON Issuer (collectively, Telegram) of “Grams,” a new cryptocurrency intended to be delivered in connection with the launch of the Telegram Open Network Blockchain (TON…

Data Privacy Monitor

CARES Act Significantly Revises Part 2 Rules to Better Align with HIPAA

By Kyle Gregory & Vimala Devassy

April 2, 2020

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) into law. While the focus of the CARES Act has been on direct financial aid to Americans, the Act also contains a number of material revisions to the Federal privacy provisions that govern the confidentiality of substance-use disorder (“SUD”) records. SUD information is protected by the federal confidentiality law found at 42 U.S.C. §290dd-2, which is the…

IP Intelligence

3D Printing Comes of Age in the COVID-19 Crisis

By Aaron Rabinowitz

April 2, 2020

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Thanks to the global availability of additive manufacturing and 3D printing (3DP) and to the easy sharing of 3DP designs, a teenager in Iowa with a 3D printer can print face shields based on a design uploaded only minutes earlier by an engineer in France. Indeed, in only a few weeks, the world has seen the 3DP community come together and quickly produce items – like face shields – that are desperately needed in the…

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COVID-19 Antitrust Agency Announcements and Procedural Changes

By Brady Cummins

April 2, 2020

Over the past several weeks, the U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies – the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) – have made several public announcements regarding changes to antitrust investigations and regulatory processes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to changes to filing and meeting processes, the main takeaway from these announcements is that while agency staff continue to work remotely, parties should expect delays of…

AD-ttorneys Law Blog

FTC Finally Strikes Gold With Made in USA Enforcement: Williams-Sonoma Agrees To Pay $1 Million in Consumer Redress

By Randal M. Shaheen & Amy Ralph Mudge

April 1, 2020

In the past few months, a minority of the commissioners have called for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) to take the heretofore unprecedented step of seeking consumer redress in Made in USA (MUSA) cases. (In the past such cases only involved money when penalties were imposed for violating an existing order). In a concurring statement in a series of Made in USA settlements announced in September 2018, Commissioner Slaughter and Chairman Simons noted…

Data Privacy Monitor

Healthcare Providers Remain Targets for Ransomware Attacks in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

By Benjamin Wanger & Sara Goldstein

April 1, 2020

Although it was widely reported that several ransomware threat actor groups have pledged to not target healthcare providers until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group and Healthcare Privacy and Compliance team continue to see ransomware attacks launched against healthcare providers. In order to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have had to radically change their normal business processes, which could make them more vulnerable to ransomware attacks.…

Ohio Clock

COVID-19 Legislative Response Phase 4

By Adam Higgins

April 1, 2020

Congress in March approved three separate major bills responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – and work was not even finished on the third and largest bill before lawmakers began considering a possible “Phase 4” of the legislative response. The House and Senate are currently not planning any legislative activity before April 20, unless events dictate otherwise. But work is already underway on ideas for Phase 4, with an eye toward late April for potential…

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Blockchain GS1 Standards Published, Securities Pilots Continue, Tax Agency Seeks Quadriga CX Records, DOJ Cites Crypto in Charging Venezuelan Cartel

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, HHS Eases Restrictions on the Use and Disclosure of PHI by Business Associates

Another Court Rules on When Ride-Sharing Drivers Are Exempt From Arbitration

Court Applies Single Scheme Theory To Grant the SEC’s Preliminary Injunction in Telegram Cryptocurrency Case

CARES Act Significantly Revises Part 2 Rules to Better Align with HIPAA

3D Printing Comes of Age in the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 Antitrust Agency Announcements and Procedural Changes

FTC Finally Strikes Gold With Made in USA Enforcement: Williams-Sonoma Agrees To Pay $1 Million in Consumer Redress

Healthcare Providers Remain Targets for Ransomware Attacks in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Legislative Response Phase 4

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