Nursing Homes Challenge New York’s Profit Cap as Unconstitutional
Written by: Jeffrey T. Wolber, Esq. Edited by: Nicole A. Callahan, Esq. A group of over 200 nursing homes are challenging a New York law that sets a cap on their profits. The lawsuit was filed on December 29, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for
Healthcare Risk Management: Richard Sheinis on What Providers Should do When Medical Devices Are Compromised
In the January issue of Healthcare Risk Management, Richard Sheinis, Partner and leader of Hall Booth Smith’s Data Privacy & Cyber Security Service Area, discusses what health care providers and hospitals should do when a medical device ha
Daily Report: John E. Hall Jr. on HBS University & Talent Development Programs
In a story about how law firms are using talent development programs to aid in attorney recruitment and retention, the Daily Report spoke with Partner John Hall about HBS University, a six-week educational program that offers new lawyers an intr
Healthcare Risk Management: Jason Hendren on Effectiveness of Health Care Apology Laws
In the January 2022 issue of Healthcare Risk Management, Partner Jason B. Hendren discusses why health care apology laws, which are meant to protect clinicians who apologize to a patient or patient’s family after an adverse health care event,
Whose Precedents Count for Qualified Immunity?
Written by: Pearson Cunningham, Esq. On October 18, 2021, the Supreme Court summarily reversed the Ninth Circuit’s denial of qualified immunity to a Union City, California police officer in Rivas-Villegas v. Cortesluna. Many commentators and c
FTC Starts Process to Adopt Privacy Rules
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. In September 2021, Senator Richard Blumenthal and eight other Democratic Senators sent a letter to FTC Chair Lina Kahn requesting that the agency begin a rulemaking process to address data privacy. Blumenthal
Log4j Vulnerability Sweeps the Globe
Written by: Brock Wolf, Esq. Earlier this month, on December 9, 2021, a critical vulnerability was discovered in the Apache Software Foundation’s (“Apache”) Log4j code, potentially providing threat actors with access to milli
New EDPB Guidance on International Data Transfers
Written by: Alyssa J. Feliciano, Esq. The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released new guidelines in November to clarify when a processing operation should be classified as an international data transfer based upon Article 3 and Chap
Healthcare Risk Management: Drew Graham on How Circuit Court Decision May Increase COVID Lawsuits
In an article in Healthcare Risk Management, Drew Graham, Partner and leader of the Aging Services practice, explains how a decision from the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holding that nursing homes were not protected by the 2005 Public Read
Daily Report: John E. Hall, Jr. on the Significance of Midtown Atlanta’s Location for Law Firms
In an article exploring Atlanta neighborhoods most popular for law firm office locations, John E. Hall, Jr., one of the firm’s founding partners, talks about the attraction for law firms to locate in the Hotel District, the location of the fir