On January 30, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a surge of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and investigators over the coming month and a half, focused on pharmacies and prescribers who are dispensing unusual or disproportionate amounts of opioid drugs.
Of Digital Interest
Legal news and analysis of all things digital
Of Digital Interest, published by McDermott Will & Emery, focuses on legal developments and issues related to data privacy, cybersecurity, and digital regulation. The blog covers topics such as compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its enforcement, litigation trends involving privacy rights, and proposed legislative changes like the California Privacy Rights Act. It also addresses emerging concerns around technologies such as facial recognition systems, including their legal, ethical, and accuracy challenges. The blog provides insights into how evolving digital laws impact businesses, particularly in areas like data security, consumer rights, and regulatory enforcement.
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On the Digital Health Frontier: Developments Driving Industry Change in 2018
As digital health innovation continues to move at light speed, both new and incumbent stakeholders find themselves on a new frontier—one that challenges traditional health care delivery and payment frameworks, in addition to changing the landscape for product research, development…
Podcast | Stephen Bernstein Joins ‘This Week in Health Innovation’ to Discuss Future of Digital Health
Stephen Bernstein, global chair of McDermott’s Health Industry Advisory Practice Group, sat down with This Week in Health Innovation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
Stephen and Dr. Andre Berger, CEO of National ACO, discussed the role…
Digital Health Year in Review: 2017 Trends and Looking Ahead to 2018
Throughout 2017, the health care and life sciences industries experienced a widespread proliferation of digital health innovation that presents challenges to traditional notions of health care delivery and payment as well as product research, development and commercialization for both long-standing…
Live from JPM: Collaboration or Consternation, the state of Digital Heath Devices—a conversation with McDermott’s Digital Health Thought Leaders
The proliferation of digital health devices and solutions is at hand. Demand exists around every corner with applications ranging from personal wellness to remote patient monitoring. They are being offered by industry stalwarts and upstarts alike. Collaborations amongst tech companies,…
Blockchain: Health Care’s Next Great Disruptor?
Blockchain is rapidly becoming the focus of conversations regarding health care disruption, and for good reason. What started out as a means for cryptocurrency is now making waves in a variety of industries, set to revolutionize how data is stored…
New Chinese Government Report Highlights Recent Data Protection Enforcement and Attitudes
In the final days of 2017, the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) submitted a report to the Standing Committee of the NPC detailing the Network Security Law enforcement inspection project that began earlier…
A Net-Neutral Decision for Health Care? What Providers Can Expect in the Wake of Net Neutrality Repeal
As the Federal Communications Commission repeals the Open Internet Order—more commonly known as the net-neutrality rules—health care consumers and providers have been left wondering how this change will affect their ability to receive and deliver health care using digital health…
Transferring Data from China: Who Must First Pass a Pre-Export Security Assessment?
By Jared T. Nelson & Leo Yang
China’s new data protection framework clearly creates a requirement for local storage and conducting a security assessment before personal information or important data is shared with other jurisdictions, but it is currently much less clear what types of entities fall…