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Spotlight on Benefits
New Proposed Rules Would Allow Employers to Offer Fertility Benefits as “Excepted Benefits” Outside Their Major Medical Plans
By Kendra L. Roberson, Kristina Ferris Salamoun
On May 13, 2026, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services jointly published proposed regulations that would establish a new category of “limited excepted benefits” for fertility-related…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
HHS Restructuring and New Enforcement Signal Increased Focus on Privacy, Security, and Health Plans
By By: Stephanie A. Smithey, Stephen A. Riga, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits OCR will be divided into three divisions: the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, the Civil Rights Division, and the Health Information Privacy, Data, and Cybersecurity Division. HHS and…
Inside Privacy
Louisiana Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law
By Lindsey Tonsager, Bryan Ramirez
On May 29, 2026, the Governor of Louisiana signed into law SB 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act (“LDPA”). Louisiana joins Alabama and Oklahoma as the third state to enact…
It Pays to Be Covered TM
When the Only Insurer in Town Says No
By Deke Shearon
The Lloyd’s of London connection behind the 2026 World Baseball Classic — and what it means for commercial policyholders in specialty insurance markets The 2026 World Baseball Classic, which concluded…
Data Matters
Risk Analysis in the Crosshairs: Four Recent Ransomware Resolutions Preview the HIPAA Security Rule Amendments
By Michael C. Hochman, Sasha Hondagneu-Messner, Brad A. Carney
On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced resolution agreements and corrective action plans with four regulated entities following…
All Things HR
When the Microphone Lives on Your Face: Smart Glasses in the Workplace and the Clinic
By Sara Jodka
A practitioner’s guide to recording law, privacy regulation, and compliance exposure as AI eyewear goes mainstream. The newest generation of smart glasses, which includes Meta’s Ray-Ban line, the Ray-Ban Display,…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
The Legal Lens: Employment Law Considerations of Smart Glasses in the Workplace
By Laura Malugade, Catarina Colón, Eric Locker, Carol Barrera
Smart glasses give users hands-free access to information, photos, video, and audio as well as the ability to record without the inconvenience of holding up a camera. Employees and employers…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
From Static Compliance to Living Compliance: How Agentic AI Can Make Health Care Operations Safer
By Louis Lehot
Executive SummaryHealthcare compliance today is manual, retrospective, and brittle. Humans are expected to remember rules, document decisions, and reconstruct context months later during audits. The result is a system that…
Privacy + Cyber + AI
Charting a Course for Collections: Diagnosing Compliance and Privacy Risks in Medical Debt
By Chris Willis, Stefanie Jackman, Brent Hoard
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Stefanie Jackman and Brent Hoard to take a close look at the world…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Charting a Course for Collections: Diagnosing Compliance and Privacy Risks in Medical Debt
By Chris Willis, Stefanie Jackman, Brent Hoard
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Stefanie Jackman and Brent Hoard to take a close look at the world…