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Digital Health & Technology

  • August 29, 2024

    Ga. Health System Shakes Facebook Data Sharing Row

    A Georgia federal judge has tossed a putative class action accusing Piedmont Healthcare Inc. of unlawfully sharing confidential health information with Facebook, finding that the plaintiffs failed to allege actual damages and that the "weight of authority" in similar online tracking cases supported the provider's contention that there was no privacy intrusion. 

  • August 29, 2024

    Houston Law Firm Hit With 2nd Data Breach Suit

    Houston personal injury firm Fleming Nolen & Jez has been hit with another proposed class action over a February 2023 data breach that exposed clients' personal and health information.

  • August 27, 2024

    Hospital Web-Tracker Clash Highlights Enforcement Challenge

    A closely watched case now heading to the Fifth Circuit could shape federal enforcement efforts targeting the disclosure of private health information and clarify how hospitals may use online tracking technologies.

  • August 23, 2024

    TriZetto Says Infosys Swiped Healthcare Software Secrets

    Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. on Friday lodged trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims against competitor Infosys Ltd., alleging that Infosys improperly used information about TriZetto's "closely guarded, proprietary software offerings" to develop its own competing products and services.

  • August 23, 2024

    Ex-Exec Can't Reverse Medtronic Insider Trading Conviction

    A Minnesota federal judge on Friday declined to overturn fraud convictions against a former executive of a medical robotics firm, finding the insider tips he provided to a friend ahead of Medtronic's $1.6 billion acquisition of his company were not speculative.

  • August 20, 2024

    Yale Health Liable For 840,000-Patient Data Breach, Suit Says

    Yale New Haven Health, one of Connecticut's largest medical groups, is liable to 840,000 patients whose private records were hacked by the notorious online crime group Clop, a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Connecticut state court has alleged.

  • August 20, 2024

    A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report

    The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.

  • August 20, 2024

    These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships

    The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.

  • August 19, 2024

    MOVEit MDL Judge's Call For Order Met With Atty Squabbles

    A federal judge's effort to streamline multidistrict litigation over a 2023 data breach involving Progress Software's MOVEit file transfer tool instead led to a lengthy and contentious joint filing in which the parties accused one another of gamesmanship.

  • August 16, 2024

    Calif. State Court Tosses Antitrust Case Against MultiPlan

    A California state court has tossed a suit accusing MultiPlan Inc. of violating antitrust law through pricing tools used by health insurance providers, similar to claims being made in multidistrict litigation that were recently centralized in Illinois federal court.

  • August 15, 2024

    Medical Records Co. Appealing Blocked Anti-Bot CAPTCHAs

    Electronic medical records company PointClickCare will appeal last month's ruling from a Maryland federal judge enjoining it from using unsolvable CAPTCHA prompts to block a nursing home analytics firm's access to records, the company said Wednesday.

  • August 09, 2024

    Split 9th Circ. Affirms Ax Of Meta Anti-Vax Censorship Suit

    A split Ninth Circuit panel Friday affirmed the dismissal of Children's Health Defense's lawsuit challenging Meta's policy of censoring its anti-vaccine Facebook posts, with the majority concluding that the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-founded nonprofit failed to show Meta was acting on the government's behalf to state viable constitutional claims.

  • August 06, 2024

    Pennsylvania Hospital Gets Data Breach Suit Whittled

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has shaved two counts off of a data breach lawsuit against Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., rejecting the hospital operator's argument that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the suit but agreeing that not all of them stated valid claims.

  • August 06, 2024

    Testing Lab Can't Add Bad Faith Claims In Income Loss Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge found Tuesday that a prior agreement between a medical testing lab and its insurer expressly precluded added allegations that the insurer acted in bad faith while handling the lab's claim for loss of records and business income.

  • August 05, 2024

    CooperSurgical Says Lab Hid Flawed IVF Product Tests

    Fertility technology company CooperSurgical Inc. has accused a Massachusetts testing lab of failing to follow proper procedures and misrepresenting the results of quality assurance testing on a product used in the in vitro fertilization process, leading to a recall.

  • August 02, 2024

    Health Tech Co. Beats Investor Data Platform Fraud Claim

    A healthcare technology company has escaped an investor suit challenging the existence of a data platform it touted, as a Connecticut federal judge found a former employee's assertions at the center of the proposed class action weren't enough to show the company knowingly misled investors about the offering.

  • August 02, 2024

    Privacy & Cybersecurity Midyear Report: 4 Areas To Watch

    New York and Colorado shook up the data privacy landscape by enacting groundbreaking laws protecting children online and clamping down on high-risk uses of artificial intelligence during the first half of 2024, and both states and the federal government are expected to devote considerable attention to these areas in the coming months. 

  • August 02, 2024

    Akin Debuts AI Law & Regulation Info Tracker

    Global BigLaw firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP launched a tracker to help monitor changing policies related to artificial intelligence in various fields including intellectual property, data privacy, health and national security.

  • August 01, 2024

    MultiPlan, Insurance Cos. Must Face Collusion MDL In Illinois

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday centralized in Chicago six class actions challenging the MultiPlan pricing tools that healthcare providers allege are used by UnitedHealth, Aetna, Cigna and other major insurers to systematically underpay out-of-network providers, with more than a dozen similar lawsuits potentially tagging along.

  • August 01, 2024

    AliveCor Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Apple Watch Antitrust Case

    Medical monitoring startup AliveCor Inc. told the Ninth Circuit that Apple Inc. should not be immunized from antitrust claims over the removal of access to heart rate data on the Apple Watch because the change was intended to block competition and not improve the device.

  • July 30, 2024

    Bad Info Goes Viral: On FDA's Drug Misinformation Proposal

    Drug and medical device companies are set to enjoy more flexibility to combat online misinformation under new draft guidance. But they also will confront new questions about whether it’s worth it to take on a celebrity or social media influencer making inaccurate claims.

  • July 30, 2024

    Rite Aid Sued Over Data Breach That Affected 2.2M Customers

    Rite Aid was hit with a proposed class action Friday in Pennsylvania federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard more than 2.2 million of its customers' personal information associated with purchases of certain retail products made seven years ago, after hackers accessed its network using an employee's credentials.

  • July 30, 2024

    Meet Jordan Cohen, Akerman's New Digital Health Team Head

    Healthcare attorney Jordan Cohen of Akerman LLP talks about his new role as leader of a cross-discipline digital health team.

  • July 30, 2024

    5th Circ. Ruling Places FCC Rural Telehealth Funding In Peril

    From Alaska to Arkansas, thousands of rural healthcare clinics rely on internet subsidies from the Federal Communications Commission to provide telehealth services to far-flung or low-income patients. A Fifth Circuit ruling threatens to disrupt services for some living outside urban centers or in healthcare "deserts."

  • July 30, 2024

    Litigator Rejoins Faegre Drinker From Medical Device Co.

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's newest lateral hire is stepping back into private practice after two years as associate general counsel for orthopedic implant company Exactech, and should be a familiar face around the firm's Indianapolis office.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 Data Privacy Practices Cos. Should Implement Now

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    Businesses that are not subject to a comprehensive data privacy law should nevertheless consider implementing privacy practices that are consistent with current norms to help mitigate both common law exposure and an expensive rush to compliance if a federal law is passed, say John Rolecki and Alexander Thibodeau at Varnum.

  • Privacy Lessons From FTC's BetterHelp Consent Decree

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement action against BetterHelp highlights the growing risk associated with the use of third-party cookies and pixels on websites for companies that offer health services, say Rachel Marmor and Shannon Hartsfield at Holland & Knight.

  • 118th Congress: Investigative Priorities And Rule Changes

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    Attorneys at Gibson Dunn lay out what companies and individuals can expect with regard to congressional investigations in the 118th Congress, from political priorities to new rules and authorities.

  • Emerging Trends In Electronic Health Record Enforcement

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    As electronic health record systems become increasingly ubiquitous in health care, recent Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act cases involving EHR systems provide a helpful list of issues that tech-savvy relators and government investigators might identify, say Ellen London at London & Stout and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Li Yu.

  • FTC's GoodRx Action Highlights Risks For Digital Health Cos.

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    The Federal Trade Commission's first-of-its-kind enforcement action against GoodRx for unlawfully sharing sensitive customer information is indicative of regulators' growing interest in the digital health space and heightens the importance of taking proactive compliance steps, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • What DOJ's 2022 Recovery Stats Say About FCA Enforcement

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    Despite showing a decline in False Claims Act recoveries in fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice's recently released statistics should lead companies to expect a continued rise in government-initiated investigations, pandemic-related fraud enforcement and FCA cases involving new technology, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Medicare Developments Ahead For Remote Health Monitoring

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    Stakeholders interested in remote monitoring services should keep an eye on an upcoming multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee meeting that may lead to a new local coverage determination affecting Medicare coverage for remote monitoring devices, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Calif. Privacy Law Holds Implications For Mental Health Apps

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    California is leading the way in privacy regulation with its amended Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, which has important compliance repercussions for mental health app developers and could serve as a model for similar laws in other states, say Christine Moundas and Elana Bengualid at Ropes & Gray.

  • New Clinical Trial Law Promotes Diversity And Modernization

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    The Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act, signed into law last month, will likely encourage more equitable subject recruitment and enrollment in clinical trials, and also could create a pathway toward clarifying ambiguities that have historically been left for regulated entities to piece together, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion

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    Aimee Furness and Sam Mallick at Haynes Boone asked ChatGPT to draft a motion to dismiss, and then scrutinized the resulting work product in light of attorneys' ethical and professional responsibility obligations.

  • 2022 Law And Policy Highlights In Digital Health Care

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    This year, federal regulators made good on several commitments to create new opportunities for digital health innovators, and a number of promising cybersecurity bills are on the horizon, but not all virtual health care law and policy developments have been positive, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Next Compliance Steps For Health Cos. Using Tracking Tech

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    In light of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights' expansive view of what constitutes protected health information, regulated entities seeking to provide websites and mobile apps for patients may need to choose between several imperfect compliance pathways if they wish to continue using tracking technologies, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Top Trends And Challenges For Health Care Financing In 2022

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    Rising inflation, interest hikes, supply chain issues and public market disruption are just some of the factors that made 2022 a challenging year for financing health care deals, and all indications point to continued headwinds next year, say Stephanie McCann and Samantha Koplik at McDermott.