European Cookie Rules Continue To Evolve
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. CNIL, the French Data Privacy Supervisory Authority, has fined Google 150 Million Euros, and Facebook 60 Million Euros, for having websites that do not make refusing cookies as easy as accepting them. Prior GD
Reuters: Jacqueline Voronov on Company Rights to Terminate Unvaccinated Employees
In a Reuters’ article examining a decision by Citigroup Inc. to terminate U.S. employees not vaccinated by January 14, 2022, Hall Booth Smith Partner Jacqueline Voronov said it is well within the company’s right to do so, citing the courts
Indian Data Protection Bill Nearing Passage
Written by: Brock Wolf, Esq. Last month, India’s Joint Parliamentary Committee submitted its report on India’s draft Data Protection Bill (the “Bill”) to Parliament. The report, which comes after two (2) years of delibera
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