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Ohio federal court judge denies motion to compel production of information as to other claims and security breaches in computer hacking case

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 29 2008

In late 2007, an Ohio federal court ruled that an insurer defending itself in a lawsuit over its denial of coverage of a computer hacking claim against one of its insureds should not be forced to disclose any information regarding its own unrelated security breach or about how it handled similar computer hacking claims with other policyholders

Virginia issues guidance on information security program requirement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2009

The Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance (the "Bureau") recently issued a bulletin to provide guidance on the development and implementation of privacy safeguards to all insurers, health service plans, health maintenance organizations, surplus lines brokers and other interested parties

GINA Regulations released prohibiting discrimination in health plans based on genetic information and revising privacy rules

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2009

On Friday, October 2, 2009, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (HHS) released an advanced copy of the interim final regulations under Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) implementing the rules in GINA that prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers from discriminating based on genetic information

Telephone taping and capturing electronic communications: obligations for UK firms; US implications and perspectives

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 17 2008

The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has now published its final rules requiring certain of its authorized firms to record and keep telephone and electronic communications

White & Case victory in "FOIL" disclosure case sets favorable precedent for firms filing proprietary information

  • White & Case LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 24 2007

White & Case recently secured a significant appellate victory in a Freedom of Information Law ("FOIL") case involving insurance company clients that sets a favorable precedent for companies filing proprietary information with New York State and municipal agencies

Proposed modifications to HIPAA Privacy Rule would prohibit use of genetic information for underwriting purposes

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule that proposes to amend the HIPAA Privacy Rule to provide greater protection to individuals' genetic information

Minnesota federal court finds no coverage under technology errors and omissions policy because claims did not arise out of a “wrongful act” as defined in the policy

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 10 2007

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota denied a policyholder’s motion for summary judgment and granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that an electronic and information technology errors and omissions policy afforded coverage to defend a policyholder only against claims arising out of a “wrongful act” in the performance of or failure to perform electronic and information technology services, as defined by the policy, and not for a contract dispute that did not arise out of such a “wrongful act.”

Cyber spyware found on U.S. electric grid demonstrates increasing potential exposures for insurance industry

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2009

There have been increasing reports of cybercrimes in the past few years, many of them originating from sources outside the United States

New York court recognizes cause of action for misappropriation of electronic data

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 8 2007

In Thyroff v. Nationwide Mutual, New York's highest court ruled that the common-law cause of action of conversion applies to certain electronic computer records and data

California’s data breach notification law now covers medical and health insurance information

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 14 2008

Going well beyond the requirements of HIPAA and most state health privacy laws, California has amended its existing Database Security Breach Notification Act to require any organization that reasonably believes a breach of a California resident’s medical or health insurance information has occurred, to notify that resident