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Public Works Contractors Now Required to Use E-Verify System in Pennsylvania

by Valentine Brown | Duane Morris LLP on 4/9/2013

On January 1, the Public Works Employment Verification Act went into effect in Pennsylvania. Signed into law last July, the act requires all Pennsylvania public works contractors and subcontractors involved in projects of...more

FDA Notification for Permissible Structure/Function Claims for Dietary Supplements

by Babener & Associates on 4/9/2013

MLM Distributors and MLM companies often ask about the notification requirements for permissible structure/function claims for dietary supplements, under FDA rules of DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health Education Act). Here is...more

The FSA Fines Prudential £30m over its Failed $35.5bn Bid for AIA

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 4/5/2013

The fine has been levied for Prudential’s failure to inform the FSA that it was seeking to acquire the Asian arm of AIG at an appropriate time, in breach of FSA Principles and UKLA Listing Principles. ...more

New gTLD Clearinghouse Will Open March 26, 2013

by Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/27/2013

ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) plans to launch the first of the registries associated with the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in mid-2013. In association with the launch, ICANN is...more

Blood Bank Settles FTC Complaint About Customer Data Privacy

by Jeff Ifrah on 2/11/2013

Any company that collects personal information about individuals, such as credit card numbers and social security numbers, must be very careful about the way in which it stores and secures that information. Even a blood bank...more

HIPAA Minimum Necessary Standard Should Be Key Component of Policies and Procedures, Now More Than Ever

by Lisa Clark, Elinor Hart | Duane Morris LLP on 2/11/2013

On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced the final omnibus rule amending the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") in accordance with the HITECH...more

Do Merchants That Outsource Payment Processing Still Have Risk From a Breach?

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 2/11/2013

Last week a small New England bakery announced that its point-of-sale (POS) devices were infected with malware that may have put card data at risk....more

Magistrate Recommends Lawsuit Against Global Payments Should Be Dismissed

by Randy Gainer | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/11/2013

A federal Magistrate has recommended dismissal with prejudice of all of the cardholder plaintiffs’ claims against payment processor Global Payments, Inc. in a widely-reported data breach case....more

FTC Proposes Amendments To The Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules Regarding Withdrawal Of A Premerger Notification Filing

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/11/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to amend the Rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 regarding the...more

Forfeiture, penalty and repudiation: terminating the employment of highly paid employees

by Helen Joseph, Stephen Ravenscroft | White & Case LLP on 1/30/2013

Two recent cases in the English courts have focused on important issues for employers of senior and highly remunerated employees, particularly those in the financial services sector where payments under incentive plans are...more

Court Gives Insured Roofer the Bird – Late Notice is Sufficient to Deny a Claim

by Todd McCormick | Sedgwick LLP on 1/30/2013

In Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company v. Value Waterproofing, Inc., 2013 WL 152854 (S.D.N.Y., 2013), the Southern District Court of New York held that a commercial general liability insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify...more

2013 HIPAA Changes

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the long-awaited revisions to the HIPAA rules, making a number of changes to the current HIPAA privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement...more

HHS Issues HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule Ushering in Significant Changes to Existing Regulations

by Stacy H. Barrow, Ryan Blaney, Roger Cohen, Herschel Goldfield, Edward Kornreich, Kristen Mathews, Ellen Moskowitz, Richard Zall | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/29/2013

"Sweeping changes" is how Leon Rodriquez, of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR), characterized the effect of the final omnibus Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...more

New HIPAA Breach Notification Rule May Prove Costly for HIPAA-Covered Entities

by Lisa Clark, Erin Duffy | Duane Morris LLP on 1/28/2013

On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final omnibus rule amending the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in accordance with the HITECH Act of...more

Final Rules Under HIPAA/HITECH Impact Employer Plans

by Saghi "Sage" Fattahian, Lauren Licastro, Georgina O'Hara | Morgan Lewis on 1/28/2013

Modifications to the rules require action by group health plan sponsors and their vendors, including revisions to policies and procedures and new privacy notices. On January 17, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S....more

Finally! HHS Office of Civil Rights Releases HIPAA Omnibus Rule With Sweeping Changes to Compliance Requirements and Enforcement

by Dianne Bourque, Stephanie Willis | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/18/2013

The final regulations from Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (Omnibus Rule) have finally...more

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