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FDA Dumps Trio of Device-Related Guidances Prior to Administration Change

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/28/2025

Among the wave of guidance documents issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) in the first week of 2025 were three notable draft guidance documents pertaining to medical devices (together, the...more

Health Care Week in Review: President’s Budget and ASPR Cybersecurity Guide

Alston & Bird on 3/13/2023

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 44

Clark Hill PLC on 11/22/2022

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess this week. When the Senate returns next week, it will hold a procedural vote on a bill to codify the right to same-sex...more

Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 42

Clark Hill PLC on 11/7/2022

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Congress is in recess this week. Both the House and Senate will return to Washington next Monday, November 14th....more

Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 30

Clark Hill PLC on 8/2/2022

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in recess this week, though the Senate is in session with an expected busy agenda this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is currently leading a...more

Massachusetts Stepping Up COVID-19 Reopening, Replaces Travel Order With Advisory

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/19/2021

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced the state will advance to Step 1 of Phase IV of its COVID-19 Reopening Plan on March 22, 2021. At that time, the state will enforce a scaled back Travel Advisory...more

A Year Into the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned About Workplaces and What Does the Future Hold?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/16/2021

March 2021 marks one year since the beginning of state-mandated stay-at-home orders and workplace shutdowns due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused the most significant disruption to workplaces in...more

Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/12/2021

President Biden signs relief bill into law and begins implementation. President Biden has now signed the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion investment and stimulus package designed to address the ongoing COVID-19...more

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Summary

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/11/2021

The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more

Can Employers Use Artificial Intelligence And Data Analytics To Track Remote Workers?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/3/2021

Notwithstanding federal, state, and local privacy and cybersecurity laws that may apply, employers may generally use artificial intelligence, data analytics, and other software and technologies to track remote workers. The...more

CISA Issues Ransomware Alert for Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sectors

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 10/29/2020

On October 28, 2020, a joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services...more

COVID-19 Key EU Developments, Policy & Regulatory Update No. 22

Jones Day on 10/1/2020

This regular update (no. 22 | 22 September 2020) covers key regulatory EU developments related to the evolving COVID-19 situation (Antitrust & State Aid; Trade/Export Controls; Medicines, Medical Devices and Personal...more

International News: Focus on Global Privacy and Cybersecurity - September 2020

McDermott Will & Schulte on 9/15/2020

Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more

Exposure Notification Privacy Act: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Regulate Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/19/2020

As cities across the country begin to reopen, companies and public health officials look for ways to combat the spread of COVID-19. One such way is through contact tracing apps. Of course, such apps come with it the...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2020

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 6/16/2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more

Federal “COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act” Proposed

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 5/10/2020

A group of Republican senators has proposed a new privacy law to govern the collection and use of certain personal information thought to be both important and at risk during the current coronavirus crisis....more

Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/16/2020

In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

Beware of COVID-19-Based Cyber Attacks, Say US and UK Agencies

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/9/2020

Malicious cyber actors have been exploiting the COVID-19 crisis, warn the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in a joint...more

FTC Ramps up COVID-19 Activity After Improving its Data Security Enforcement Orders

Proskauer on Privacy on 4/1/2020

With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), cybersecurity criminals and scammers are ramping up their efforts to target vulnerable employers and workforces. The FTC announced today that since January they have...more

4 Ways To Keep Your Business Secure During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Flaster Greenberg PC on 3/23/2020

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus to be a pandemic. This is significant for several reasons. The first is that the way we interact has drastically, and must...more

COVID-19 Client Primer

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/20/2020

Cybersecurity and Health Information Privacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic - In following CDC guidelines to effectively navigate the spread of COVID-19, many employers are closing their doors for a period of time and...more

COVID-19 and Cybersecurity: Best Practices in an Uncertain Landscape

Carlton Fields on 3/18/2020

For many people and organizations, COVID-19 caused a rapid transition to remote learning and working; for hackers and other bad actors, it has created new opportunities. Whether by virtue of a remote and distracted workforce,...more

Coronavirus and Data Protection: Europe’s Data Protection Authorities’ Views

Hogan Lovells on 3/17/2020

Data protection authorities from around the world are stepping in to provide their input and guidance on the matter of data processing activities and the fight against the coronavirus. Hogan Lovells’ global Privacy and...more

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/17/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Managing Cyber Security Risks of Remote Work

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/17/2020

With cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) emerging in nearly every state, many businesses are taking swift action in an effort to curb its spread. Teleworking, “remote working,” or simply “working from home,” is a...more

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