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Roetzel & Andress

Possible Employer Vicarious Liability For Employee’s HIPAA Violation Even When Employee Engages In Unauthorized Act

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Can an employer be held liable for an employee’s HIPAA violation even if the employee engaged in an unauthorized act that was motivated by the employee’s own personal interest? In the recent decision of SoderVick v. Parkview...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

UCLA suffers another data breach

Last week, UCLA notified 1242 patients that their health information may have been compromised in July when a faculty member’s laptop was stolen. UCLA has notified the patients, the Office for Civil Rights and the California...more

Polsinelli

Don't Fumble Your HIPAA Obligations: Ensure Your HIPAA Playbook Implements Appropriate Protections for Patients

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The injuries suffered by a professional football player brought the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations ("HIPAA") onto center stage of the media during the days...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California Appellate Court Requires Actual Viewing of Confidential Information in Data Breach Case Under the California Medical...

In a case against Sutter Health involving records from a stolen office computer, the California Court of Appeal recently issued a decision limiting plaintiffs’ ability to state a claim and obtain statutory damages under the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Health Data Breach Victims Have Standing to Sue Says WV Supreme Court

The most common defense against class actions for data breach has itself been breached in a ruling last week by the West Virginia Supreme Court....more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Massachusetts AGO Enters Into Another Settlement For Data Security Violations

For the fourth time since the Massachusetts data security regulations took effect in March 2010, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) has settled allegations that Massachusetts-based entities violated the...more

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