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McCarter & English, LLP

Privilege Denied When Facilities Fail To Comply With NJ Patient Safety Act

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Two New Jersey healthcare facilities that violated the New Jersey Patient Safety Act, N.J.S.A. §§ 26:2H-12.23 to -12.25, (PSA), must provide plaintiff patients with internal reports and documents relating to adverse events,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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

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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

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

[Webinar] Artificial Intelligence Litigation Risks for the Medical Technology Industry - August 29th, 2:00 pm ET

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Partners Jenny Colgate and Jennifer Maisel will present a webinar titled "Artificial Intelligence Litigation Risks for the Medical Technology Industry" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing...more

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11th Circuit Data Breach Decision Highlights Employer Obligations to Protect Employee Personal Identifiable Information From Third...

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Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision restricting employers’ abilities to fight off putative class action claims regarding data breach and cyberattacks on employee...more

Freeman Law

Can a Professional Services Firm Limit its Liability by Contract? A Look at Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma Law

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Freeman Law is privileged and proud to serve as outside counsel to various engineering, architectural, and other professional services firms. This segment of Freeman Law focus spans from protecting trade secrets in public...more

Fisher Phillips

One Employee’s Accidental Email Leads To A Significant Data Breach Ruling in Federal Appeals Court

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A federal appeals court recently addressed whether employees had standing to bring a lawsuit when their personally identifiable information (PII) was inadvertently circulated to other employees at the company, with no...more

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Frequency and Cost of Insider Threats Continue to Increase

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The Ponemon Institute recently issued its 2020 Cost of insider Threats Global Report, which finds that the frequency and cost of insider threats is continued to increase. Sponsored by ObserveIT and IBM, the 2020 report is the...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Gone Phishing: Employer Faces Liability for Mistakenly Disclosing W-2 Forms to Scammer

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Phishing. Spoofing. - These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but. Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more

Carlton Fields

Court Declines To Quash Subpoena Issued To South Carolina Department Of Insurance In Companion Property Case

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We previously reported on this case on January 5, 2016, June 28, 2016, July 20, 2016, and December 14, 2016. The case concerns Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company’s participation in a fronted insurance program...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

PA Judge Nixes Employees’ Negligence Claim for Data Security Breach

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Red On May 28, 2015, in the first known ruling of its kind, a trial court in Allegheny County held that Pennsylvania law does not recognize a civil cause of action against companies for failing to secure its employees’...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Pennsylvania Court Refuses to Create a Duty of Care to Protect Confidential Personal Data

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On May 28, 2015, Judge R. Stanton Wettick, Jr. refused to create a new cause of action sounding in negligence allowing a claim for damages resulting from improper disclosure of confidential personal and financial information....more

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