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Last week’s Privilege Point described a data breach victim’s latest losing effort to claim privilege protection for its consultant’s investigation report. Leonard v. McMenamins Inc., Case No. C22-0094-KKE, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 217502 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 6, 2023). Before bluntly rejecting McMenamins’ privilege claim, the court spent more time analyzing its work product claim before also

This summer, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) will once again tighten the belt on entities that offer financial products and services when another round of amendments to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule goes into effect—this time, requiring covered entities to report data breaches to the FTC.

What is the Safeguards Rule?

The Safeguards Rule, which originally

On Feb. 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $4.75 million settlement with New York non-profit health system Montefiore Medical Center over alleged malicious insider conduct that caused potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. This settlement follows

In light of a significant rise in cyberattacks against hospitals and health systems, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a cybersecurity toolkit. Read on for details about the toolkit and how the federal government is prioritizing cybersecurity in healthcare.

Once an outlier, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently joined seven other Circuit Courts in holding that receipt of a single, unwanted text message constitutes the concrete injury required for standing in class actions filed under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Read on for details about this development and implications for TCPA class