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Womble Bond Dickinson

How Risky Is Tossing Your Old Servers? Maybe $60,000,000 Fine

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We all have them. Old computers sitting around in storage, never to be used again. Broken servers that have passed their prime. Laptops abandoned for their newer, shinier versions. And what do you do with them? If these...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 1 (January 2020) - ? A cybersecurity breach temporarily halted cancer radiation treatment services at the Cancer Center of Hawaii on Oahu,[1] the center said. The center, which provides...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Breaking News: Hacker’s Conviction Affirmed Despite Lower Court’s Error

This week, the United States Supreme Court upheld a conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act despite the Court’s acknowledgement that the jury had been wrongfully instructed on the elements of the crime charged. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Issues CFAA decision in Michael Musacchio v. United States

On Monday, January 25th, the Supreme Court issued the most recent Computer Fraud and Abuse Act decision in Michael Musacchio v. United States. After leaving his employer to start his own company, the defendant (a former...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Seventh Circuit rules hospital system is not a Consumer Reporting Agency under FCRA

Is a hospital a “consumer reporting agency”? Can a health care provider be liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in the event of a data breach? The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently considered these...more

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