OIG Report Recommends CMS Implement Program Integrity Practices to Address...
According to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), CMS has done little to address potential vulnerabilities associated with the use of...
View ArticleA Weapon Against Hackers on the Home Front
Although headlines have focused on foreign cyberattacks, plenty are U.S.-based—and can be remedied. Over the past year the national press has repeatedly reported on the vulnerability of our...
View ArticleThe Target and Neiman Marcus breaches: What hoteliers need to know
The Target and Neiman Marcus problem. The massive security breach of Target's customer data may affect more than 110 million Americans -- potentially about 1 in 3 persons living in the United States....
View ArticleIndustry Group To Weigh In On GMO Labeling Debate
With the rise in state legislative efforts to require labeling for foods produced using genetic engineering or “GMOs,” the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is poised to enter the labeling debate...
View ArticleCovered Entity Fined $150,000 For Stolen Unencrypted Thumb Drive
HHS recently announced that it fined a dermatology practice $150,000 for failing to reasonably safeguard an unencrypted thumb drive and failing to conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis of...
View ArticleWeekly Law Resume - January 2014: Defamation – Plaintiffs Limited To Recovery...
Deepak Kalpoe, et al. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County - Court Of Appeal, Second Appellate District (December 17, 2013) - In lawsuits for libel or defamation against certain publications and...
View ArticleIs New Jersey’s “Need Not Apply” Law Prohibiting Employers from Publishing...
New Jersey’s Appellate Division last week upheld a 2011 statute (N.J.S.A. 34:8B-1) that bars employers seeking to fill job vacancies in New Jersey from knowingly publishing advertisements stating that...
View ArticleFCC Sets Comment Deadlines for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Environmental...
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) recently released a Public Notice setting comment deadlines for its September 26, 2013 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on improving...
View ArticlePrior Restraint Vacated in Lawsuit by Haiti's Prime Minister
A federal district judge in Miami vacated a prior restraint forbidding a U.S.-based Haitian journalist from ever publishing anything relating to the prime minister of Haiti. Prime Minister Laurent...
View ArticleThe Italian Communication Authority (Agcom) on Machine-to-Machine services
Yesterday the Italian Communication Authority (Agcom) launched a survey on Machine-to-Machine communications services (M2M). M2M services are technologies and/or services that enable automated data...
View ArticleFDA Issues Draft Guidance Relating to Social Media Promotion by Drug and...
On January 13, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a draft guidance document outlining the circumstances under which a manufacturer of a prescription drug or biological product may be...
View ArticleGreat Investment For Doctors: Joint Venture Pharmacies
With reimbursement levels declining, health care organizations, including pharmacies and physicians, continue to look for ways to diversify their businesses. A very attractive vehicle for increasing...
View ArticleFTC Settles Nine Auto Dealer Deceptive Advertising Cases
The Federal Trade Commission announced last week that it had entered into proposed consent orders with nine auto dealers in six states that were charged with deceptive advertising in violation of...
View ArticleWearable Technologies at #Fashionoline conference
We discussed in several instances of werable technologies and this will be one of the topics which will be discussed during our #Fashionline conference to be held on the 24th of January 2014 with the...
View ArticleCapital Thinking: Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Legislation - The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Committee plans to move forward on its cybersecurity bill...
View ArticleThe "Internet Of Things" Will Impact Law And Regulation In 2014
If 2013 was the year of "Big Data," 2014 will be the year of the "Internet of Things." The Internet of Things is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and...
View ArticleFOIA Settlement Advances Story on Civil Rights-Era Informant Records
A unique settlement in a Washington, D.C., Freedom of Information Act lawsuit has provided a Memphis newspaper unprecedented access to the FBI's informant records from the civil rights era, including...
View ArticleVerizon v. FCC: What Happened, Why It’s Important, and What Comes Next
In Verizon v. FCC, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s (“Commission” or “FCC”) anti-discrimination and...
View ArticleClark the Cub vs. The Internet
As a long-suffering Cubs fan (I blame my dad for introducing me to the team, while I’m sure he blames my grandpa for doing the same thing to him), I was thrilled when the team announced that it had...
View ArticleIs Using Health Information For Interest-Based Advertising Really Off-Limits?
As was widely reported, on January 15, 2013, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) issued a Report of Findings regarding interest-based advertising or online behavioural advertising...
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