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Residency Match Programs for Healthcare Professionals Come Under Antitrust Scrutiny

Paul Hastings LLP on 5/9/2025

In recent months, private class action lawsuits have challenged residency match programs for pharmacists and veterinarians under antitrust laws. In addition, a congressional subcommittee has begun an inquiry into the...more

2024 Trends in First Circuit Class Actions

Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/27/2025

We are pleased to present our final 2024 update to the New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, which focuses on class action filings in state and federal courts within the boundaries of the First Circuit in New...more

[Hybrid Event] “Steer” Clear of Legal Lassos: Readiness Strategies for FDA-Regulated Companies - May 1st, Austin, TX

Gardner Law on 4/2/2024

Join Gardner Law for a half-day CLE event in person at the Capital Factory in Austin, TX or attend virtually. Prepare for the regulatory rodeo with confidence by learning how to navigate regulatory, compliance, and privacy...more

Cybersecurity Lawsuit Against NJ Hospitals After Data Breach

Stark & Stark on 1/12/2024

Healthcare providers are responsible for guarding the health and well-being of their patients. Still, they also have an essential duty to protect the personal information they collect in the process....more

U.S. Anesthesia Partners and Welsh Carson File Motions to Dismiss FTC Antitrust Case

Stevens & Lee on 11/30/2023

As reported in a prior blog post, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit in federal district court in September alleging that U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (“USAP”), and the private equity firm Welsh, Carson,...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2022

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/18/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 1 (January, 2022) - New Jersey issued its third settlement in three months on state-level health care privacy and security laws, announcing that three cancer care providers would adopt new...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2021

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 9/15/2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 15

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/19/2020

This 15th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. This week we note how COVID-19 has accelerated a pre-existing trend toward class action litigation. And...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l March 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/10/2020

Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more

Financial Daily Dose 3.4.2020 | Top Story: Stocks Rebound

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/4/2020

Stocks rebounded with the S&P 500 making gains for the second time in three days and 10-year Treasury yields fell below 1%; analyst suggest the market upswing was caused, in part, by the Democratic primary results showing...more

Google Health's Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/29/2020

Google Health’s Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns - Recently, Google has been at the center of privacy concerns due to its health- sharing collaborations with the University of Chicago Medical Center (the Medical Center)...more

Aetna Agrees to Pay $17 Million and Implement Best-Practices Policy to Settle Claims of HIV-related Privacy Violations

BakerHostetler on 1/26/2018

Last week, Aetna agreed to resolve class action claims of privacy violations related to the disclosure of thousands of members’ HIV status. The agreement will require the insurance giant to pay over $17 million into a...more

16 data breach class action lawsuits filed again 21st Century Oncology consolidated

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/13/2016

We previously reported that 21st Century Oncology suffered a data breach in October 2015 involving an intrusion into its systems which compromised around 2 million patients’ records, including their names, Social Security...more

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for August 2016

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/20/2016

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Redial: 2015 TCPA Year In Review – Analysis Of Critical Issues And Trends

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 1/12/2016

The Litigation Group of Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP has published REDIAL: Redial: 2015 TCPA Year In Review – Analysis Of Critical Issues And Trends. This publication reflects our in-depth analysis of significant...more

Purchasing Cyber Insurance? Important Considerations from the Recent Nossaman/ UCI Cyber Symposium

Nossaman LLP on 10/26/2015

On October 12, 2015, Nossaman and UC Irvine hosted a Cyber Symposium at the City Club in Los Angeles. The event included four panels of Nossaman lawyers, UCI professors, and private professionals who are experts in the areas...more

Pennsylvania Court Dismisses Data Breach Claims

Cozen O'Connor on 6/13/2015

In 2014, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s computer system was hacked, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive personal information of current and former employees, including names, addresses, birthdates, social...more

The Devil in the “Cyber” Insurance Details

K&L Gates LLP on 6/12/2015

There’s a tempest amidst the recent spring shower of “cyber” insurance cases. It isn’t the Recall Total case reported the week before last, or the Travelers v. Federal Recovery Services case reported the week before. While...more

Horizon Avoids Data Breach Class Action For Lack Of Standing

King & Spalding on 4/16/2015

On March 31, 2015, a New Jersey federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. alleging the company failed to protect the personal information of thousands of insurance network members...more

Blog: Class Action Following Health Information Data Breach

Cooley LLP on 3/30/2015

As we discussed in our previous post, Premera Blue Cross (Premera) recently revealed that it suffered a massive data breach potentially exposing the personal data of 11 million customers. ...more

No Standing for Data Breach Plaintiffs in Southern District of Texas Class Action

Cozen O'Connor on 3/3/2015

Earlier this month, a Texas federal judge rejected a data breach plaintiff’s claim of a relaxed standard for Article III standing based on the “heightened risks” posed by potential identity theft and security fraud. ...more

Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Complaint For Lack Of Standing

King & Spalding on 2/20/2015

On February 11, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas held that a plaintiff lacked standing to pursue claims for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq....more

No Harm, No Standing: Texas Federal Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action

Carlton Fields on 2/18/2015

Dismissing a class action based on a data breach, the Southern District of Texas added to the growing number of decisions that find an alleged risk of future identity theft due to a data breach is not an injury that creates...more

Data Breach Plaintiff Given Second Chance to Certify Class Action Suit

Cozen O'Connor on 12/29/2014

Recently, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled in favor of data breach plaintiff Avrum Baum, giving him a second chance to certify a class action suit against Keystone Mercy Health Plan. Baum brought suit against the...more

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