Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right to Coverage: ‘Single Claim’ Provisions in Liability Policies
Charles Barr’s article, “Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right to Coverage: 'Single Claim' Provisions in Liability Policies,” appeared in the October 2024 edition of Wisconsin Lawyer (97 Wis. [...]
Arbitration: the Pros, the Cons, and the Best Fit
Charles Barr’s article, “Arbitration: the Pros, the Cons, and the Best Fit,” appeared in the January 2023 edition of Wisconsin Lawyer (96 Wis. Law. 22-28 (January 2023)). [...]
A Boost for Arbitrator Discretion Under Honorable Engagements
Charles Barr’s article “A Boost for Arbitrator Discretion Under Honorable Engagements” appeared in the Q2 2022 edition of ARIAS U.S. Quarterly, at pages 10-17. Read Article
Legal Research, Honorable Engagements, and an Integrated Theory of Arbitration
Charles Barr authored the lead article, entitled “Legal Research, Honorable Engagements, and an Integrated Theory of Arbitration,” in the May-June 2024 edition of Dispute Resolution Journal, a [...]
HIPAA privacy protection: What you need to know
Jeremy Shapiro-Barr recently sat down with Fox6’s Amanda St. Hilaire to talk about HIPAA privacy. You can check out the interview here: https://www.fox6now.com/news/hipaa-privacy-protection-what-you-need-to-know
European Commission Releases New Standard Contractual Clauses
The European Commission released two new sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and an implementing decision on each new set of SCCs on June 4, 2021. One [...]
Privacy and Security: 4 Things to Watch Out for in 2019
2018 was a year full of remarkable developments in the area of data privacy and security: the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective because of [...]
The GDPR’s Impact in the U.S.: Considerations for the U.S. Health Lawyer
Jeremy Shapiro-Barr has authored an article titled, ‘The GDPR’s Impact in the U.S.: Considerations for the U.S. Health Lawyer,’ which has been published in the October 2018 [...]
5 Simple Tasks to Help You Meet GDPR Requirements
Many organizations have devoted a great amount of planning, effort and resources towards getting startup HR services to aid in GDPR compliance, while others have not done as [...]
EU Medical Device Industry: Regulatory and Privacy M&A Issues for a US Company
For US healthcare companies considering an acquisition of a medical device or in vitro diagnostics company in the EU or that has a material part of its [...]
Jeremy Shapiro-Barr and Robyn Shapiro Present to the Wisconsin Bar
On April 18, 2017, Jeremy and Robyn presented two State Bar of Wisconsin webcasts focusing on recent developments in privacy and data security law. In the programs, [...]
OCR Releases Guidance on HIPAA & Cloud Computing
In guidance issued on October 6, OCR has clarified that cloud service providers (CSPs) who create, receive, maintain or transmit electronic PHI on behalf of their customers [...]
CMS Releases 2015 Open Payments Data – Value to the Public Still Not Clear
CMS recently released Open Payments data submitted by applicable pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers for calendar year 2015, and it is now available here. The 2015 data [...]
OCR Guidance on Ransomware Attacks Forthcoming
In a recent letter to Deven McGraw, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), congressmen Ted Lieu and Will Hurd urged [...]
Unauthorized Filming at NY Presbyterian Hospital Results in $2.2 Million Settlement
A recently publicized HIPAA breach at New York-Presbyterian Hospital involved unauthorized filming by a television film crew from ABC’s “NY Med,” a medical documentary series, of two [...]
Change is in the air
You can almost smell it; Change is coming to the Clinical Research enterprise! At the ACRP 2016 Meeting & Expo in Atlanta last month, John Neal, CEO [...]
Massive Anti-Kickback, False Claims, and FCPA Settlements for Life Sciences Companies
In March 2016, two global life sciences companies agreed to pay hundreds millions of dollars in fines to resolve claims under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)[i], the [...]
Individuals’ Rights to Access Their Personal Health Information: New Guidance
On January 7, 2016, the Office of Civil Rights released a new guidance document clarifying the rights of individuals to access protected health information (PHI) about them [...]
Open Payments 2015 Calendar Year Reporting Period Now Closed; Prepare for Reporting 2016 Data
The Open Payments reporting period for payments made in calendar year 2015 by applicable pharmaceutical, device, biological, and medical supply manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals ended [...]