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Lawsuit challenges legality of HITECH Act

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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July 12 2009

A federal suit has been filed that challenges the legality of the federal HITECH Act

LifeLock to pay $12 million to settle charges that identity theft prevention and data security claims were false

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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March 10 2010

LifeLock, Inc, a self-proclaimed "industry leader in the rapidly growing field of identity theft protection" has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that LifeLock falsely promoted its identity theft protection services

ABA sues FTC to stop application of Red Flag Rules to lawyers

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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August 27 2009

In a move threatened but not expected this soon, the American Bar Association today sued the Federal Trade Commission, in an effort to stop the application of the Red Flags Rule to lawyers

Taking of a blood sample and creation of a DNA profile found not to be an unreasonable search

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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August 27 2010

In a recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Martin Boroiang v. Robert S. Mueller, III, et al., No. 09-1630, the First Circuit rejected a challenge to the requirement that a blood sample be given by a federal offender for purposes of creating a DNA profile and entering it into a centralized government database

Patient privacy trumps subpoena in physician disciplinary action

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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September 2 2010

Does the "compelling need" for patient records by a state body that oversees and regulates physicians trump the statute that protects the confidentiality of psychotherapy records?

One more reason to secure your wireless network

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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July 5 2010

In a federal court case decided earlier this year, United States v Ahrndt, the court held that an individual had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the use of an unsecured wireless network

United States Supreme Court strikes down Vermont pharmaceutical “data mining” law

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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June 24 2011

On Thursday, June 23, the United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down a Vermont statute that sought to impose significant restrictions on pharmaceutical detailing and “data mining” activities

Facebook posting about patientHIPAA violationphysician sanctions

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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May 12 2011

The case of Dr. Alexandra Thran should cure any physician of the desire to discuss a patient on Facebook

Pulling out your hair over wrongfully disclosed records?

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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September 2 2011

A recent Massachusetts case shows that even prisoners have a right to privacy in their medical records

Jail time for man who accessed computer of a competing medical practice

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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January 24 2012

An Atlanta, Georgia man was sentenced earlier this month to one year and one month in prison for intentionally accessing a computer of a competing medical practice, and taking personal information of the patients