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April 25, 2015 DATA SECURITY FOR EMPLOYER HEALTH PLANS IN THE WAKE OF ANTHEM AND PREMERA Peter Sloan Pete Enko Anthem’s data breach announcement in February,1 followed by the March disclosure by Premera Blue Cross of a strikingly similar cyber-attack,2 sent waves of alarm through both the health care industry and the employer health plan community. The scale of these companion...
FTC Enforcement of Data Security By Peter Sloan and Cordero Delgadillo WHITE PAPER MAY 18, 2015 Prudent organizations are mindful of the FTC’s enforcement positions when establishing and adapting their information safeguards, in an evolving, volatile threat environment. For more than a decade the Federal Trade Commission has quietly enforced data security in administrative...
PARADIGM SHIFT IN ANTI-COUNTERFEITING STRATEGIES: FOCUS ON OCEAN TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES By Carlos Rodriguez, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP The Paradigm Shift. There is a definite shift in focus onto transportation intermediaries by brand owners, the victims of counterfeiting schemes. On the air courier side, this focus has resulted in Department of Justice indictments of large courier...
Volume 1 No. 2 Spring 2016 Practical Guidance for Evaluating Physician Participation in ACOs Albert Lin and Kris Kwolek, Husch Blackwell, Austin, TX Providing clients with guidance regarding participation in an accountable care organization (“ACO”) can be complicated because regulators, legislators, lawyers and business people have been hard at work developing legal and...
SHIPPING TRENDS TO SHAPE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN 2016 By Carlos Rodriguez, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP SOLAS Weight Certification. The SOLAS container weight verification requirements will take effect July 1, 2016. These will be mandatory globally on all containerized maritime shipping. Shippers, including non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs), must provide a certified gross weight...
Negotiating with Health Care IT Vendors Member Briefing, March 2016 Sponsored by the Physician In-House Counsel Affinity Group of the In-House Counsel and Physician Organizations Practice Groups. Co-Sponsored by the Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals; Business Law and Governance; Health Care Liability and Litigation; Health Information and Technology; Hospitals and Health Systems;...
