A U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas has vacated most of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the “Rule”) in the case of Purl v. DHHS. The ruling, which has immediate...more
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion that vacates the 2024 final rule that enhanced privacy protections for protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive...more
In response to the Dobbs decision, California enacted legislation intended to enhance data privacy and block record requests by other states concerning alleged abortion-related offenses that are lawful in California. In...more