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Bankruptcy Highlights Necessity of Preventing Data Breaches

Daniel Schwartz
March 22, 2012 13:18

With all the focus lately on social media, it’s easy for forget that there are other laws and issues that remain vitally important to employers. One of them is the need for employees to understand the importance of compliance with data privacy laws.  I talked in 2008 about a new law in...

MSBCBS of TN Settles HIPAA/HITECH Violation for $1.5M

March 14, 2012 17:13

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of $1.5M with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) relating to potential violations under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. According to the OCR press release, the enforcement action by OCR is the first reported as resulting...

MSBCBS of TN Settles HIPAA/HITECH Violation for $1.5M

Bob Coffield
March 14, 2012 17:13

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of $1.5M with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) relating to potential violations under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. According to the OCR press release, the enforcement action by OCR is the first reported as resulting...

$1.5 Million Settlement of First HIPAA Enforcement Action Resulting from HITECH Breach Notification Rule

Foley Hoag
March 14, 2012 12:50

The trend toward increasingly large health information breach settlements has continued with yesterday's announcement thatBlue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1,500,000 to settle potential violations of HIPAA's...

Case o' The Week: Broaching the Breach - Whitney and Prosecutorial Breach of Plea Agreements

March 11, 2012 23:53

"The government's argument [on appeal] is disingenuous."Expect good things to follow, when the analysis of an AUSA'sbreach of a plea agreement begins with that blunt assessment. United States v.Whitney, 2012 WL 718483, *4 (9th Cir. Mar. 7, 2012), decision available here.Players: Decision by...