The major current cybersecurity story involves a popular SolarWinds network managing software package, Orion. A sophisticated actor, with the signatures of a nation state, infiltrated Orion in a software update. Once inside,...more
A federal court has held that neither the work product nor attorney-client privilege doctrines shield a cyber expert’s report from discovery....more
2020 was a year like no other. From an unprecedented “work from home” shift to a blockbuster European court ruling to a mammoth cyber attack, businesses scrambled to adapt to an endless series of cyber challenges. 2021 shows...more
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We have previously written about “phishing.” Phishing involves using social pressure to trick the recipient to send sensitive information, network control, or credentials, to hackers posing as authorized users....more
In a ruling that could have broad ramifications for health data sharing, a federal judge has ruled that a patient complaining about a hospital sharing his health data without permission lacked standing because he suffered no...more
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has closed an investigation into a Rhode Island health system stemming from a 2017 breach. Briefly summarized, Lifespan Health System Affiliated Covered Entity...more
In finding a common law duty to protect employees’ personal data, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has unexpectedly, and dramatically, altered the contours of the data breach litigation landscape....more
HIPAA was enacted in 1996. In the years since, most healthcare entities have adapted to the major requirements imposed by HIPAA, HITECH, and the Privacy and Security Rules. Nevertheless, the thicket of regulations still...more
In the latest episode of a long running saga, the Eleventh Circuit has ruled against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its years-long battle with LabMD Inc. The Court vacated the FTC’s order requiring LabMD to implement a...more