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PHE HIPAA Enforcement Discretion to Expire, Restoring Compliance Obligations

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on April 11 that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under HIPAA and the HITECH Act during the federal COVID-19 public...more

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Life and Death of Technology: 2022

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Everything has a life cycle. Bacteria, insects, people, civilizations, galaxies - all are born, live and pass into eternity eventually. So it goes with technologies....more

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

WhatsApp – An Example of How Companies Compete Based on Privacy

Facebook, the parent company to WhatsApp, is reporting near-record low revenue growth.  Thus, presumably in an effort to monetize WhatsApp more heavily, WhatsApp recently announced changes to its privacy policy: as of...more

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Pitfalls Of Remote Depositions

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, courts and litigants are reinventing civil litigation – holding hearings on Zoom or Skype, using emails and conference calls to communicate status, and taking remote depositions. That...more

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Embracing Technology and Keeping an Open Mind: Utilizing Telephonic, Videoconference, Skype, Facetime and Zoom Conferencing...

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Hon. Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) on the impact of COVID-19 on the legal profession - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will endure long after this crisis has ended. Its impact will alter the way the world does...more

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Workplace Investigations in a Time of Social Distancing

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As we move forward in the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important employers remember they must still ensure their workplaces are free of discrimination, harassment, and other prohibited behavior. One question I have been asked by...more

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Courts Respond to COVID-19 with Consolidated, Virtual Options

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They say necessity is the mother of invention, and perhaps no less so in trying times like these. For years, the idea of virtual courts in New York has been discussed, and, in some very limited cases implemented. But now, in...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

How US Trustees Can Deter Chapter 11 Proxy Abuses

Some problems in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process — namely, how unsecured creditors committees and their professional advisers are being selected — have emerged in recent years. Moreover, they are only getting worse. The...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Federal and State Agencies Work to Expand Availability of Care Through Use of Telehealth During Coronavirus Pandemic

Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), declared a public health emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic (“Emergency Declaration”) on January 31, 2020. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Industry Regulators Implement Big Changes to Support Telehealth During COVID-19

Key Points - This Katten advisory synthesizes several recent major developments impacting the delivery of telehealth services by health care providers in light of the COVID-19 crisis. We cover - - Key steps taken by the...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

HHS to Exercise Enforcement Discretion in Response to CMS Telehealth Waiver

As we noted in our previous Health Law Scan blog CMS Issues Program Instructions for Medicare Telehealth Waiver, CMS issued program instructions on March 17 to implement the Medicare telehealth waiver in response to the...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

One Hundred Days of Solitude: Facetime, Skype, and HIPAA Compliance

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As coronavirus sweeps the country, the patient load swamps the ability of health care professionals to deal with the crisis. In the United States, one measure used to expand capacity is telemedicine. Consequently, one concern...more

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Telehealth Coverage Expansions And Enforcement Waivers During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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On March 6, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the Act). The Act includes a provision allowing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...more

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HIPAA Enforcement Authorities Allow Skype, Facetime for Provider-Patient Telehealth Services

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On March 17, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the enforcement agency for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), published a Notice...more

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TCPA Compliance Curveball: First Circuit Holds That Landline Phone May Be Treated As A Cell Phone For TCPA Purposes

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In doing so, the First Circuit both expanded the scope of TCPA liability while simultaneously making compliance virtually impossible for callers. Cellular services and VOIP - The ATDS prohibition of the TCPA regulates...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Highest EU Court: Skype is a Regulated Telecommunications Services – Gmail is Not

In two long-awaited decisions handed down yesterday and last week, respectively, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had the opportunity to decide the fate of online or “over-the-top” (OTT) communications services under...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

OTT VoIP Calling Apps are Telecom Services under EU Law

Telephone calling apps, such as Skype, Viber and Google Hangouts, are subject to European telecom regulation, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Such services may now be required to comply with EU obligations that apply...more

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Use of Estonia in U.S. International Tax Planning

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According to recent estimates, Estonia, which is situated halfway between Stockholm and St. Petersburg, currently has more than 350 start-up technology companies – one for every 3,700 citizens – and the government expects...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Be aware of Windows 10 free upgrade opt outs

Since July 15, Windows 7 and Windows 8 users have been offered a free upgrade to Windows 10. Windows 10 includes Wi-Fi Sense, which features a default prompt that asks users to share access to WiFi networks that they have...more

Fenwick & West LLP

FCC TCPA Ruling Provides Guidance on Mobile App Messaging

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On March 27, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a Declaratory Ruling interpreting the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) as it relates to prerecorded and autodialed calls to cellular...more

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High Profile Security Breaches Spur Congressional Action

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Recently, several large retailers, including Target and Neiman Marcus, announced that hackers had compromised credit card and other personal consumer data. At Target, 40 million debt and credit cards were impacted and the...more

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