In the ongoing iPhone encryption battle between the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Apple, March 22, 2016 might have been a pivotal moment in the national discourse on digital privacy rights, encryption, and the bounds of...more
Earlier this month, the California Attorney General’s Office released the 2016 Data Breach Report covering years 2012 through 2015 for the State of California (the “AG’s Report”). The AG’s Report reveals that 557 data...more
Last spring we posted a summary of Nevada’s data security laws. Since then, during the 2015 legislative session, the Nevada legislature adopted certain amendments to the statute. The changes took effect on July 1, 2015....more
In May 2015, the Ponemon Institute released its tenth annual Cost of Data Breach Study, sponsored by IBM. The study sets forth the average calculated cost for each lost or stolen record containing “sensitive and confidential...more
Nevada, like most states, has a data security statute that addresses what to do when there’s a data breach. Here’s a quick summary of the Nevada law, which is found at N.R.S. § 603A.010 et seq, “Security of Personal...more
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (the Alert) addressing compensation paid by laboratories to referring physicians. The latest in a series of guidance documents...more
In response to the Affordable Care Act’s establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges to provide individuals and small business employees with access to health insurance coverage, Nevada chose to create its exchange, the...more