The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, widely known as HIPAA, is a federal law that restricts the release of medical information without a person’s consent. However, there ...

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A recent decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court holds that HIPAA does not preempt state law negligence actions, and suggests state courts can look to federal HIPAA regulations as a guide to ...

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Anticipating an about-face by a Trump-run Justice Department, a coalition of Texas, New York and D.C. law firms are converging in Texas courts to defend HIPAA law regarding the privacy of medical ...

Some agencies and pharmaceutical marketers believe that HIPAA-compliant solutions automatically meet all the latest privacy regulations. But, new consumer privacy state laws apply to the average ...

In his No-Fault Insurance Wrap-Up, David M. Barshay, a member of Baker, Sanders, Barshay, Grossman, Fass, Muhlstock and Neuwirth, reviews recent cases involving whether checking the "fees not in ...