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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Texas Law Requires Storage of Electronic Health Records in U.S.

Starting September 1, 2025, health care practitioners in Texas are required to store electronic health records in the United States under a new Act. This requirement is found in a recently enacted law that also includes...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Purl v HHS: Resetting the Reproductive Health Privacy Landscape

Reproductive health privacy is once again in the legal spotlight with a recent federal district court decision that struck down nearly all of a recent rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

A Balancing Act: Privacy Issues And Responding to A Federal Subpoena Investigating Transgender Care

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On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued more than 20 subpoenas to physicians and clinics (the “Providers”) who provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth. According to the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario : Nouveau guide de gestion de la protection de la vie privée à l’intention des petits organismes de soins de santé

La Commissaire à l’information et à la protection de la vie privée de l’Ontario (la « CIPVP ») a publié un nouveau guide de gestion de la protection de la vie privée (le « Guide ») ayant pour but d’aider les petits organismes...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

“Listen Up” if Your AI Policy Does Not Cover AI Recording Issues – Another Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Third Party AI...

The use of AI recording tools has become prevalent. Companies’ policies addressing the legal issues with these tools is not yet as prevalent. If your company’s AI policy does not address these issues, it needs to be updated....more

Cooley LLP

American Medical Association Adopts Landmark Policy on Neural Data Privacy

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The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has unanimously adopted Resolution 503, “Safeguarding Neural Data Collected by Neurotechnologies.” This new policy cements the AMA’s support for comprehensive...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

New Guidance From Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner on Privacy Management for Small Healthcare Organizations

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) has released a new Privacy Management Handbook (Handbook) aimed at assisting small healthcare organizations to meet their privacy obligations under Ontario’s health...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Montana Expands Health Care Privacy Law to Include Mental Health Digital Services

The Montana Legislature recently passed an update to the state’s Uniform Health Care Information Act (the Act), which creates standards for privacy and security of health care information maintained by Montana health care...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Getting Too Personal? Illinois Court Says Family Medical History is Genetic Information

On May 15, 2025, a district court in Illinois denied a motion by defendant Hospital Sisters Health System and Saint Francis (HSHS) to dismiss a class action claim brought against the hospital system under the Illinois Genetic...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Breach Lawsuits Surge Against Chord Specialty Dental Partners

Pennsylvania-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners is under fire after a September 2024 data breach compromised the personal information of over 173,000 individuals. At least seven proposed class action lawsuits have been...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - June 9th - 12th, Pittsburgh, PA

HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR Loses Staff, Faces Move to New ‘Enforcement’ Office; Will HIPAA Focus, Independence Suffer?

Today, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Office of Inspector General and Office of General Counsel, one of just a dozen or so agencies reporting directly to the secretary....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Cryobank Hit with Lawsuit over Sperm Donor Databank Breach

California Cryobank, LLC, the largest sperm bank in the country, faces a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California over an April 2024 data breach. Cryobank provides frozen donor sperm and...more

Paul Hastings LLP

US Privacy Update: Where Things Stand at the Start of Q2 2025

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Three months into 2025, there appears to be no slowdown in the flood of privacy legislation being considered and enacted by both Congress and state legislatures. Since the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act was passed...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

European Health Data Space Regulation enters into force

March 26, 2025, marked a pivotal moment in the EU with the European Health Data Space Regulation, (EU) 2025/327 (“EHDS Regulation”), coming into force. The EHDS represents a transformative initiative by the European Union...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Ohio Transparency Pricing Rules for Hospitals Comes with Limits to Targeted Advertising

Starting April 3, Ohio hospitals will have to navigate new requirements under House Bill 173. This law mandates greater transparency in healthcare pricing. It also includes rules for selling or targeted advertising related to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - March 24th - 27th, Chicago, IL

HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

$1.5M Warby Parker Fine a Holdover; OCR Focuses On Men in Sports, Antisemitism, ‘Biological Truth’

Nearly six years to the day that Warby Parker reported a breach affecting nearly 200,000 individuals, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) imposed a $1.5 million fine on the eyewear giant. Investigated by OCR under the Biden...more

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Implications of New Federal Immigration Policies for Health Care Facilities, Part 2: Patient Privacy Concerns

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On January 20, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded 2021 guidelines that previously designated hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities as “protected areas” and limited immigration enforcement...more

Dickinson Wright

‘Security! Security!’ HHS Proposes Updates to HIPAA’s Security Rule

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Can you remember healthcare security 20+ years ago? It seems like a different world from now. Believe it or not, the HIPAA Security Rule has barely changed since it was first enacted in 2003 and has been long overdue for a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California AG Issues Legal Advisory Regarding Use of AI in Healthcare

On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a legal advisory (the Advisory) providing guidance to healthcare providers, insurers, vendors, investors, and other healthcare entities that develop, sell, and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws

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New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

California AG Issues Two AI Legal Advisories

On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta issued two legal advisories: one for businesses generally (General Advisory) and one specific to healthcare entities (Health Advisory). These advisories identify...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

New York's Health Information Privacy Act Aims to Strictly Regulate Consumer Health Data

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On January 22, 2025, the New York State Assembly and Senate rapidly passed the wide-ranging New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NY HIPA”). If not vetoed by Governor Kathy Hochul, NY HIPA would be the fourth enacted...more

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Resolutions for Healthcare Providers: Part 1 of 2 – Cybersecurity, Privacy and HIPAA Compliance

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As the new year begins, it is useful to review your practice’s processes and policies to ensure that the practice operates with efficiency and remains compliant with ever-changing healthcare regulations....more

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