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Data Breach
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Law Trends
It’s Tax Fraud Season: Take Action Today to Avoid This Common Data Breach Scenario
By Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
Last year, many businesses suffered data breaches during tax season when their employees divulged other employees’ W-2 information (including Social Security numbers) to criminals. Sadly, we are starting to receive…
Louisiana Law Blog
OCR Settlement Highlights the Importance of Timely Breach Notification
By Kean Miller
By the Kean Miller Health Law Team On January 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first HIPAA settlement arising…
Health Care Reform Dashboard
Data Breach Class Action Reinstated Against Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.
By John L. Culhane, Jr., John Devine, Jean C. Hemphill, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Edward J. McAndrew, Philip N. Yannella, Zaven A. Sargsian
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has vacated a district court's dismissal of a data breach class action filed against Horizon Healthcare Services Inc., in the wake…
Health Care Law Observer
Stolen, Unencrypted USB Drive Leads to $2.2 Million Dollar Settlement
On January 18, 2017, OCR announced a settlement with MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico. A USB data storage device containing protected health information of 2,209 individuals was stolen…
Technology Law Dispatch
Superior Court of Pennsylvania Affirms Rejection of Proposed Data Breach Class of UPMC Workers, Finding Hospital Owed No Duty to Protect Information
Affirming a lower court decision this blog discussed here, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held January 12 that dismissal of a proposed data breach class action was proper, because the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Mapco Express pays $1.9 Million in Data Breach Settlement
A Tennessee federal judge has approved a proposed settlement of up to $1.9 million to be paid by Mapco Express to individuals affected by a payment card data breach that…
Data Counsel
Federal agencies given new breach response and preparation guidelines
By Erich Falke
The White House has made a step toward implementing in federal agencies some breach response best practices currently used in the private sector. On Jan. 3, the White House issued…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
OCR Settles First Enforcement Action for Untimely Reporting of a Breach
On January 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights entered into a resolution agreement with Presence Health stemming from the entity’s failure to…
ContractsProf Blog
Weekly Top Ten SSRN Contracts Downloads (January 12, 2017)
By Mark Burge
SSRN Top Downloads For Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 518 Risk and Anxiety: A Theory of Data Breach Harms Daniel J. Solove and Danielle Keats Citron George…
Employee Benefits Blog
Guidance on Ransomware Attacks under HIPAA and State Data Breach Notification Laws
By Michael G. Morgan, Anthony A. Bongiorno
The US Department of Health and Human Services has recently issued guidance under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on what covered entities and business associates can do to…