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HHS releases final ‘meaningful use’ rules

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 26 2010

Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, eligible hospitals and healthcare professionals qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt certified electronic health records (EHR) technology and use it to achieve specified objectives

FTC extends effective date of Red Flags Rule to December 31, 2010

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2010

On May 28, 2010, the last business day before the June 1, 2010 effective date for the Red Flags Rule, the Federal Trade Commission issued a press release announcing another extension of the enforcement date

California amends data breach notification law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2010

The California State Senate approved Senate Bill 1166 on April 15, 2010

Washington new credit card data breach liability law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2010

Washington Governor Christine Gregoire recently signed HB 1149 into law

Liability insurer seeks declaration of no coverage in school laptop monitoring case

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2010

An insurer that issued a school district liability policy to the Lower Merion School District has filed a declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling that a recent privacy-related civil rights lawsuit against the school district is not covered by the policy

Virginia new medical information data breach law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 14 2010

The Commonwealth of Virginia recently enacted a law requiring notice of data breaches involving medical information

Mississippi new data breach notification law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 14 2010

Mississippi is the latest state to adopt a data breach notification statute under House Bill 583

District of New Jersey dismisses securities fraud claims against company that suffered data breach

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2010

Late last year, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a securities fraud litigation that had been brought against a payment card processor in connection with the theft, by cybercriminals, of credit and debit card information from the company's computer system

Massachusetts Supreme Court affirms dismissal of data breach claims brought against retailer by financial institutions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 3 2010

Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld two lower court decisions dismissing, on separate motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, a number of claims brought by credit unions against a retailer in connection with a breach of debit and credit card data

Business associate regulations effective; enforcement uncertain

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2010

New requirements making the HIPAA privacy and security rules applicable to business associates of healthcare entities became effective on February 17, 2010