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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: August 2024

On July 19, Change Healthcare Ince. filed a breach report with HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concerning its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. The organization’s breach report to OCR identifies just 500 individuals as...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

David’s Bridal Hit with Class Actions Over Two Data Breaches

This week, two class actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against David’s Bridal based on two data breaches. The actions allege that David’s Bridal failed to protect the...more

ArentFox Schiff

AI in Family Offices: A Closer Look at Privacy, Confidentiality, and Fiduciary Responsibility

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various industries, offering efficiency, accuracy, and convenience. In the realm of estate planning and family offices, the integration of AI technologies has...more

Bowditch & Dewey

How to Protect Your Company in the New World of AI

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The new technology advancement using artificial intelligence (“AI”), ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) is a computer model that uses machine learning to generate relevant responses that mimic human-like...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Dealing With the Growing Threat of Cyberattacks in Manufacturing Sector: What Employers Need to Know

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For the second year in a row, the manufacturing industry has fallen victim to more cyberattacks than any other major business sector. Indeed, according to IBM Security’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, nearly 25 percent...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Insure Against Data Breaches Suffered By Vendors and Service Providers

Over the last several years several companies, including Marriott, Yahoo and Volkswagen, have been victimized by hackers breaking into a company’s computer network. In some cases, they have put confidential information on the...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Mount Desert Island Hospital Notifies 24,180 of Data Breach Involving Leaked Social Security Numbers

On June 30, 2023, Mount Desert Island Hospital (“MDIH”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

ARx Patient Solutions Files Notice of Data Breach Affecting 41,116 Individuals Following Compromised Email Account

On June 30, 2023, ARx Patient Solutions filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an employee’s M365 email account was accessed by an unauthorized party. In this notice, ARx...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 6

Massachusetts-Based Background Check Company Creative Services Faces Multiple Lawsuits Over Data Breach - "'CSI determined that certain files dating from November 2018 to November 2021 may have been copied from their...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] That's All Folks! Have Federal Courts Killed Privilege Protections for Forensic Reports? - January 20th, 12:00 pm - 1:00...

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Privacy Litigation Webinar Series Part 1 - Our Global Privacy & Cybersecurity team will be hosting a monthly webinar series on key issues and developments in privacy litigation. Confidentiality is a fundamental...more

Butler Snow LLP

What Lawyers Need to Know About Cybersecurity | Dennis Van Metre | Texas Appellate Law Podcast

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As technology becomes more sophisticated, so too do the security issues its users encounter. These challenges impact attorneys and law firms particularly, as they regularly deal with confidential data and privileged...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Protecting Employees' Private Health Information from a Cyberattack in the Age of COVID-19

With COVID-19, employers are receiving and processing an ever-increasing amount of their employees' confidential health information. From COVID-19 test results to vaccination status, many employers are routinely collecting...more

Epiq

[Webinar] Beyond the Breach – Managing Data Classification & Notification Projects - November 4th, 6:00 pm AEDT

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The immediate cyber incident is over – what happens next? Join our esteemed panellists as they outline key considerations when managing post-breach data classification and notification projects. Setting the scene through the...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Mitigating a Company’s Liability When a Data Breach Is Suffered by a Vendor or Service Provider

Data breaches by large companies have been in the news for some time. Over the last several years several companies, including Marriott, Yahoo and Volkswagon, have been victimized by hackers who have broken into a company’s...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Lessons from Wengui v. Clark Hill: Structuring a Two Track Cyber Investigation

As the D.C. District Court in Wengui v. Clark Hill recently commented, “[m]alicious cyberattacks have unfortunately become a routine part of our modern digital world. So have the lawsuits that follow them….” The court’s...more

Baker Donelson

Data Privacy Day: Top Considerations for 2021

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Happy Data Privacy Day! Since 2007, privacy professionals from across the globe have gathered together on January 28 to raise awareness about data privacy and security best practices and issues. ...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Court Compels Discovery of Cyber Expert Report in Litigation

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A federal court has held that neither the work product nor attorney-client privilege doctrines shield a cyber expert’s report from discovery....more

Fisher Phillips

Not If But When: Cybercrime Targets Telework

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Managing Third-Party Vendor Regulatory Compliance

Data breaches are a hot topic and will undoubtedly get even hotter. Cybersecurity for your own enterprise isn’t enough — you must evaluate your vendors and determine if they’re prepared to resist cyberattacks.  ...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

No Protection for Vendor's Forensic Report in Post-Breach Litigation? - Preserving Privilege and Work Product Protection in Light...

A May 26, 2020 order by U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson (E.D. Va.) that attorney work product protection did not preclude production of a forensic vendor's data breach investigation report to plaintiffs in the Capital...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Court Finds Cybersecurity Forensic Report Not Privileged Under Attorney Work Product Doctrine

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Court) has held that a cyber-forensic investigation report was not protected by the attorney work product doctrine and ordered Capital One to produce it...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

COVID-19 Security Alert: 10 Reminders for Employees Working Remotely

The security and confidentiality of a company’s data is paramount. As businesses grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for employees to work remotely, it is important to remain focused on ensuring the security and...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Putting Data Security First: 3 Simple Steps

The bad news first. An estimated 3.5 million cybersecurity positions will be unfilled globally by 2021.* Leaving data security entirely up to the professionals isn’t a viable option. Like it or not we’re all on the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Company’s Vendor Suffers Breach, No Business Associate Agreement, $500K OCR Settlement

A Florida staffing agency which provides physicians to hospitals and nursing homes, has agreed to a $500,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. The settlement comes...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ohio Gives Breach Safe Harbor for Companies with Written Data Security Program

Effective November 2, 2018, companies that suffer a breach may have certain defenses in Ohio if they have a written cybersecurity program in place. Under this new law, companies can use as an affirmative defense the existence...more

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