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U.S. Senator requests information on ways to improve privacy protections of health data
Adding to the growing trend of policymakers interested in regulating health and wellness data, last week U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy requested stakeholder feedback to help identify solutions to modernize HIPAA and ensure all health data is properly safeguarded….By: Hogan Lovells
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Governor Newsom Signs New Executive Order to Guide California’s Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to tackle the new field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). As technology develops and changes, Newsom indicated that it’s time to be “Asking questions. Seeking answers from experts. Focused on shaping the future of ethical, transparent, and trustworthy AI.” His executive order establishes a requirement for…
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Texas Medical Liability Trust Announces Data Breach
On September 11, 2023, Texas Medical Liability Trust filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine on behalf of itself and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance Company, and Lone Star Alliance Inc., a Risk Retention Group (collectively “TMLT”). In this notice, TMLT explains that the incident resulted in…
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Court Denies Post-Trial Motions Following Plaintiff’s Verdict
Supreme Court of New York, New York County; August 28, 2023 – This matter involved plaintiff James McWilliams, who worked as a steamfitter from 1960 until his retirement in 1996. He claimed that his work consisted of installing heating, air conditioning, and sprinkler systems, including the installation of new piping systems and the renovation of…
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Where Do We Go From Here? Practical Considerations When Multidistrict Litigation Comes to an End
When product liability actions involving one or more common issues of fact (e.g., an allegedly harmful product or chemical) are filed in multiple jurisdictions, they are typically consolidated for pretrial proceedings in a multidistrict litigation (MDL). 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a). In an MDL, the lawsuits are transferred from their filing courts to a single “transferee”…
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Former Residents of Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester Call for Federal Investigation into Claims of Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse
Former residents of the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, previously the Youth Development Center, are calling for federal authorities to initiate an investigation into allegations of serious physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Sununu Youth Services Center has been the focus of a state-led investigation since 2019. Additionally, nearly 1,000 former residents have already filed…
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Experts Who Cannot Articulate a Standard Cannot Opine that a Defendant Failed to Meet the Standard
If you don’t know where a line is, you can’t say whether someone has crossed it. That principle applies in spades to expert witnesses, particularly when their role in the case calls on them to help the jury understand where the lines are drawn in their field. Thus, for example, a toxicology expert who cannot…
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Russia-Ukraine War: North Korea’s Leader Arrives in Russia as Nations Seek Closer Military Ties
North Korea has one of the world’s largest arsenals, offering Russia access to munitions that could help its forces fighting in Ukraine.
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More Than 5,000 Dead in Libya as Collapsed Dams Worsen Flood Disaster
In a catastrophe recalling Hurricane Katrina, a heavy storm burst through dams to unleash their waters on the city of Derna, sweeping away entire neighborhoods.
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Venice to Charge Entry Fee for Tourists on Busy Days
The City Council passed an experimental plan to charge €5, in an effort to trim the footfall at a very popular but equally fragile place.
