Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: Hospices Fare Well in Federal Court
Quick Guide to Administrative Hearings
Hospice Insights Podcast - Controlling the Narrative: A New Tactic for Auditors and ALJs
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
#WorkforceWednesday® - SpaceX Victory: Court Questions NLRB's Constitutional Authority - Employment Law This Week®
Legal Alert | NLRB ALJ Finds Post Employment Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Provisions Unlawful
The Labor Law Insider - NLRB Remedies: “Draconian” Says the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Thryv
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice - Lessons Learned From ALJ Hospice Audit Appeals
After ALJ: Options and Opportunities in the Face of an Unfavorable ALJ Decision
Hospice Audit Series | Welcome to the Party: Contractor Participation at ALJ Hearings
The Justice Insiders: The Administrative State is Not Your Friend - A Conversation with Professor Richard Epstein
Four Decision Points in SEC Securities Investigations
DE Under 3: Reversal of 2019 Enterprise Rent-a-Car Trial Decision; EEOC Commissioner Nominee Update; Overtime Listening Session
DE Under 3: New NLx Job Count Record; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Big Strike Down; OFCCP’s Latest CSAL
Tribal Tax Exemption Under McGirt Gains Preliminary Victory
Hospice Audit Series: Insights for Winning at Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearings, Part II
Hospice Audit Series: Insights for Winning at Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearings, Part I
Hospice Audit Series: How are Hospices Faring at ALJ Hearings?
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
U.S. International Trade Commission
Here are the top ten items you should tackle in August, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more
With a notably sharply worded opinion, the Fifth Circuit recently vacated over $4.3 million in penalties levied against the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (M.D. Anderson) by the Department of Health and Human...more
A single, multidisciplinary entity, like a university, may include certain departments that use PHI, and other departments that do not. Such institutions are eligible to (and should) self-identify as “hybrid entities” to...more
On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that an HHS Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) granted summary judgment to OCR in an enforcement action...more
On June 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a cease-and-desist order by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued against LabMD, Inc. (LabMD) arising from an FTC enforcement action alleging that...more
We have been watching the LabMD/FTC case for a long time. We have written about it, read the book about it that was hand delivered to our office by the CEO of LabMD, debated it in privacy law class and marveled at the energy...more
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting in Miami, heard oral argument in the case of LabMD, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 16-16270. ...more
In a consequential test of the Federal Trade Commission’s authority as a data security regulator, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will hear argument tomorrow in a case that will determine whether the agency...more
On November 10th, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed an embarrassing defeat to the Federal Trade Commission and an early Christmas present to LabMD, Inc. in the ongoing David and Goliath battle between the...more
As anticipated, things are getting even more exciting with the case previously covered in Password Protected. Specifically, LabMD is appealing the landmark data security case between it and the Federal Trade Commission...more
Not surprisingly, on August 30, 2016, LabMD filed its Application for a Stay of the Final Order of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pending review of the order by the appellate court. But since the matter is still pending...more
On July 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) reversed an FTC administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) opinion which had ruled against the FTC, finding that the Commission had failed to show that LabMD’s...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an Opinion and Final Order finding that the data security practices of LabMD, Inc. were unreasonable, and therefore constituted an unfair act or practice in violation of Section 5...more
The lengthy saga between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and LabMD, Inc. reached another turning point on July 28, 2016. The FTC issued its unanimous Opinion in which it found that LabMD’s data security practices were...more
The FTC issued an Opinion and Final Order reversing the previously dismissed charges against LabMD on July 29. FTC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell had dismissed the case against LabMD on November 13, 2015...more
Back in November 2015, Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) failed to show that LabMD, Inc.’s (LabMD) data security practices caused harm to consumers stemming...more
On July 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced its long-awaited decision in its LabMD enforcement action. The Commissioners reversed the decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and held...more
Last week, three commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held in In the Matter of LabMD, Inc. that a company’s failure to implement reasonable security measures to protect sensitive consumer information on its...more
The Federal Trade Commission unanimously (3-0) ruled on July 29, 2016 that LabMD’s data security practices were “unfair” under Section 5 of the FTC Act, reversing a decision of its Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). As we...more
In a ruling issued this morning, the Federal Trade Commission found that LabMD, the defunct Atlanta-based cancer detection lab, failed to protect patient information and is liable for unfair data security practices. The...more
In This Issue: IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage LIFE INSURANCE - - Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case - Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News ...more