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With Radical Changes, Law Firms Can Beat Recession [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/2/2013

May 2 (Bloomberg Law) -- Just as legal process outsourcers are stealing business from law firms today by doing it cheaper, they too will face pressure in the coming years from technologies that can do the the job even cheaper...more

Sixth Circuit Rules School’s Search Of Student Cellphone Violated Fourth Amendment

by Jackie Wernz | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 4/24/2013

In a recent decision, the first federal appellate court to address the rights of school officials to search student cell phones held that a student’s violation of a school rule regarding technology did not justify a general...more

Every Lawyer is a Technologist: Take a Step Back to Take the First Step Forward

by Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. on 4/11/2013

Don't be entirely distracted or frightened by emerging technologies and their effect on the practice of law. Lawyers already use technology every day even if they never turn on a computer. Technology is not just computers...more

Higher Education Highlights - Spring 2013

by James Keller, William Manning, Christine Pickel, James Taylor, Jr. | Saul Ewing LLP on 4/9/2013

In This Issue: - U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Causation Factor in Retaliation Claims - Student Sues University Over the Right to Keep a Guinea Pig in a College Dorm for Emotional Support - Delaware...more

Time to Take Advantage of HIPAA Omnibus Rule's "Good News": Fundraising, Research, and Student Immunization Records

by Kristen Blanchette, Adam H. Greene | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/3/2013

The Omnibus Rule went into effect on March 26, 2013. While covered entities and business associates have until Sept. 23, 2013, to comply with new restrictions and obligations, they can take advantage of the rule’s benefits...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 7: Medicaid Reform Takes the Stage as the Battle for Education Continues

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 3/26/2013

As the Alabama Legislature marked the halfway point of the 2013 Regular Session, progress continued to move at a slow pace where repercussions of the Alabama Accountability Act continue to linger in the halls of the...more

Capital Thinking Update - March 18, 2013

by Mary Beth Bosco, Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Alexis Early, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Melanie Goggins, Norma Krayem, Karen Kudelko, Jessica Monahan, John Sharp, more +Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Sarah Vilms, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/20/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more

Harvard's Secret E-Mail Search: The Intersection of Internal Investigations and Digital Privacy

by Benjamin Fischer | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 3/14/2013

Earlier this week, Harvard University acknowledged the fact that, in the wake of last summer’s cheating scandal that rocked the campus, it had secretly searched the e-mail accounts of 16 Resident Deans. The e-mail search was...more

The Sunshine Physician Payment Final Rule Overview and Analysis

by Nancy Bonifant, Elizabeth Carder-Thompson, Katie Pawlitz | Reed Smith on 3/6/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the long-awaited Final Rule (Rule) to implement the “Sunshine” provisions of the Affordable...more

Are Emails, Texts, Tweets, And Other Digital Communications Student Records Under FERPA And State Law?

by Jackie Wernz | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 2/20/2013

As schools increase the use of technology to communicate with and about students, questions arise about the intersection between the data created and student records laws, such as the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy...more

Here Comes the Sun: Final Rules Implementing the Federal Sunshine Law

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited final rule implementing the Federal Sunshine Law (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h). (The rule was subsequently published in the Federal...more

Universities Urge Supreme Court to Affirm in Bowman v. Monsanto

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 2/19/2013

A group of universities, entities affiliated with universities, higher education associations, and entities involved in university technology management, in an amici brief filed in Bowman v. Monsanto, argue that reversal of...more

Proposed Reform to Fuel Entrepreneurship

by Jennifer Roeper | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 2/18/2013

In a bid to reduce the loss of talent and jobs to countries like Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Mark Warner, D-Va., Chris Coons, D-Del. and Roy Blunt,...more

#Edchat Followup: Legal Issues For BYOD And 1:1 Programs In Schools

by Jackie Wernz | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 2/12/2013

Each Tuesday the #Edchat hashtag brings together educators from across the globe to discuss education-related topics on Twitter. Last week one of the questions on #Edchat was “How do we train educators to teach in programs...more

Healthcare Alert: Better Late than Never - The Sunshine Act Final Regulations are Finally Here!: Covered Recipients

by Sarah Crotts | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 2/7/2013

“Covered Recipients” - Physicians - The Final Rule retains the proposed definition of “physician” as meaning doctors of medicine and osteopathy, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, and chiropractors, who are...more

FCC Overhauls Experimental Licensing Rules

by John Dodge | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/6/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced a significant overhaul of its experimental licensing rules designed to make it easier for higher education institutions, manufacturers and health care facilities...more

CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule; Data Collection to Begin on August 1, 2013

by Brian P. Dunphy, Kimberly J. Gold, Karen S. Lovitch, Kate Stewart | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/5/2013

The long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) has arrived at the Federal Register. It amends key definitions and adds new terms; retains broad reporting...more

Health Care Legal News - January 31, 2013 • Volume 3, Number 1

by Karolyn Bignotti, Deborah Grace, Randy Pistor, Rose Willis | Dickinson Wright on 2/5/2013

In This Issue: - SPECIAL EDITION ON THE HIPAA OMNIBUS FINAL RULE PART I - REVISIONS TO THE RULES ON BREACH NOTIFICATION - FINAL RULE REQUIRES GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND PROVIDERS TO UPDATE THEIR NOTICE OF PRIVACY...more

Texas Court Refuses To Prohibit RFID Tags In School

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 1/14/2013

On January 8, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a ruling denying a preliminary injunction in a case involving the use radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded in name badges to...more

RFID Chip in Student ID Badge Does Not Infringe on Religious Freedom

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 1/9/2013

Requiring a high school student to carry an identification card with an RFID chip does not violate the student’s First Amendment religious and free speech rights. The Northside Independent School District in San Antonio...more

TechCon2012 Recap: Disciplining Students for Online Activity That Occurs Off-Campus and On Their Own Time

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 11/27/2012

One final issue that we delved into at TechCon 2012 last month was discipline of students for off-campus, online misconduct. Stories of schools wrangling with the issue of whether they can discipline students for such...more

Palo Alto Boy Returns To School After DNA Flap

by Stephen Jaffe on 11/6/2012

A Palo Alto 6th grade boy was allowed to return to his middle school after his family convinced the school officials that they did not need to worry about his genes....more

Boy In School Flap Over Cystic Fibrosis

by Stephen Jaffe on 11/6/2012

A Palo Alto middle school ordered an 11 year old boy to move to another middle school 3 miles away because it believed that his genetic makeup was a health risk to some of its other students....more

TechCon 2012 Recap: Social Media Policies and Other Law and Technology Issues

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 11/1/2012

I was excited to speak to an engaged group of school leaders this past Friday at TechCon 2012. For those unfamiliar, TechCon is an annual conference that focuses on issues of technology in education and that is hosted and...more

Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights over Abbott Laboratories' Norvir®

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/1/2012

Since 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has encouraged, facilitated, and required universities and other recipients of Federal grant money to license inventions resulting from funded research for commercialization. While this has been...more

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With Radical Changes, Law Firms Can Beat Recession [Video]

Sixth Circuit Rules School’s Search Of Student Cellphone Violated Fourth Amendment

Every Lawyer is a Technologist: Take a Step Back to Take the First Step Forward

Higher Education Highlights - Spring 2013

Time to Take Advantage of HIPAA Omnibus Rule's "Good News": Fundraising, Research, and Student Immunization Records

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 7: Medicaid Reform Takes the Stage as the Battle for Education Continues

Capital Thinking Update - March 18, 2013

Harvard's Secret E-Mail Search: The Intersection of Internal Investigations and Digital Privacy

The Sunshine Physician Payment Final Rule Overview and Analysis

Are Emails, Texts, Tweets, And Other Digital Communications Student Records Under FERPA And State Law?

Here Comes the Sun: Final Rules Implementing the Federal Sunshine Law

Universities Urge Supreme Court to Affirm in Bowman v. Monsanto

Proposed Reform to Fuel Entrepreneurship

#Edchat Followup: Legal Issues For BYOD And 1:1 Programs In Schools

Healthcare Alert: Better Late than Never - The Sunshine Act Final Regulations are Finally Here!: Covered Recipients

FCC Overhauls Experimental Licensing Rules

CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule; Data Collection to Begin on August 1, 2013

Health Care Legal News - January 31, 2013 • Volume 3, Number 1

Texas Court Refuses To Prohibit RFID Tags In School

RFID Chip in Student ID Badge Does Not Infringe on Religious Freedom

TechCon2012 Recap: Disciplining Students for Online Activity That Occurs Off-Campus and On Their Own Time

Palo Alto Boy Returns To School After DNA Flap

Boy In School Flap Over Cystic Fibrosis

TechCon 2012 Recap: Social Media Policies and Other Law and Technology Issues

Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights over Abbott Laboratories' Norvir®

With Radical Changes, Law Firms Can Beat Recession [Video]

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