The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 20 - Pitfalls and Perils: Employee Retention Credit Enforcement Trends
Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims
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Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 2)
New Developments in the World of Section 230
On-Demand Webinar | Employment Issues With a COVID-19 Vaccine
Is the Aseracare precedent in jeopardy? Courts Questioning Clinical Judgment Standards
Is the Aseracare Precedent in Jeopardy? Courts Questioning Clinical Judgment Standards
Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
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IAPP Global Privacy Summit Recap, Big Questions, and Indiana Jones Analogies
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The California Third District Court of Appeal recently upheld the actions of a healthcare facility reporting a provider to the National Practitioner Data Bank who resigned while under investigation. In doing so, the court...more
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, Governor McMaster signed into law the COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor Act. South Carolina became the 23rd state to pass similar legislation and many others are considering it. We have previously...more
On March 29, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Florida Statute 768.38, intended to protect businesses, governmental entities, schools and other persons and entities from COVID-19 lawsuits if they made a good-faith...more
A number of states have passed or are considering passing legislation to shield certain businesses from liability from claims for injury caused by exposure to COVID-19. Generally, the laws require that the business was in...more
On March 8, 2021, the Arizona Supreme Court held in Shepherd v. Costco1 that the plaintiff, Greg Shepherd, was permitted to bring a negligence claim for wrongful disclosure of medical information and that the Health Insurance...more
In July 2020, the SAFE TO WORK Act (S. 4317) was introduced in Congress with the express purpose “to discourage insubstantial lawsuits related to COVID-19 while preserving the ability of individuals and businesses that have...more
When Gov. Little called the Legislature into Special Session on August 24th, he did so with a proclamation that attached draft legislation establishing immunity from liability when a person or company makes “good faith...more
In response to President Trump’s May 28, 2020 Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) filed a Petition for Rulemaking at the Federal...more
The Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act was signed into law on July 8, 2020. The Act provides sweeping immunity for businesses, health care providers,...more
Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act, which has been around for more than 20 years, gives online platform providers and others protection from claims that information posted on their sites by third parties...more
On April 17, 2020, Massachusetts bill S. 2640 was signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker. The law provides certain liability protections for the acts or omissions of defined health care professionals, health care...more
Alabama’s Elder Abuse Act attempts to protect financial abuse of elders. But by not including insurance companies and insurance agents, does the Act go far enough?...more
Under Section 1230b of the School Code (MCL §380.1230b), a school or district that formerly employed a teacher is required upon request by a prospective employer to furnish information about "unprofessional conduct" in which...more
Corporations Code Section 25618 authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to honor requests for interpretive opinions. An interpretive opinion offers far more protection than a no-action letter from the SEC staff. ...more