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On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $500,000 settlement with Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota (“PSA”) concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Security Rule. This settlement follows an extensive investigation of PSA triggered…

Welcome to Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection – October 2024…By: Venable LLP

What is AI washing? AI washing is when a company overstates the AI capabilities of their products and services to mislead the market. It describes companies that are exploiting the current AI boom and lying about the AI capabilities of their businesses to gain an advantage with investors. The SEC has taken action against companies…

First of all, protect your intellectual property. You are at your core an IP business. The algorithms, the processes, the confidential information behind your products are all intellectual property, so consider how to protect those assets. There’s registered IP, there’s trade secrets, there’s different options. Second, stay on top of AI regulation. I know that…

Cases that touch on medical conditions and injuries require proving causality and calculating degrees of responsibility and compensation, often amidst a convoluted mix of events, timelines, treatments, comorbidities, and other factors that medical records attest to….By: U.S. Legal Support

Since its initial appearance on the Judicial Hellholes list in 2020, South Carolina asbestos litigation continues to move up. South Carolina has earned a reputation for bias against corporate defendants, unwarranted sanctions, low evidentiary requirements, liability expanding rulings, unfair trials, severe verdicts, a willingness to overturn or modify jury verdicts to benefit plaintiffs, and frequent…

On November 7, 2024, South West Family Medicine Associates, PA (“SW Family Medicine”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access the practice’s computer network. In this notice, SW Family Medicine explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…

On November 6, 2024, Orthopedics Rhode Island, Inc. (“Ortho RI”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access information stored on the practice’s computer network. In this notice, Ortho RI explains that the incident…