Memberships & Associations
Outside Publication | Article
W. Reece Hirsch
LawFlash/Client Alert | FDA and Healthcare LawFlash
Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch
Rule finalizes many provisions of the proposed rule, imposing new privacy and security obligations directly on business associates and modifying the definition of "breach" and the required factors to be considered in a risk assessment.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Services Lawflash
Tonya Oliver, Michele Coffey, Kenneth Kliebard, Kathleen Collins, Christian Mixter, Ivan Harris
Rule lists criteria that lenders must consider in determining whether a prospective borrower has the ability to repay a loan and defines Dodd-Frank's concept of a "qualified mortgage."
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Dana Nicoletti, Rochelle Alpert, Karen Butcher, Ron Dreben, W. Reece Hirsch, Carla Oakley
Recent FTC and California Attorney General actions highlight the need to reassess privacy policies.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Stephen Mahinka, Karen Butcher, Thomas Sullivan
With few refinements made to the proposed guides, the guidance applies immediately and includes significant restrictions and qualifications regarding the use of important terms and claims.
Outside Publication | Article
Stephen Mahinka, Karen Butcher, Thomas Sullivan
Partners Stephen Paul Mahinka, Karen Butcher and Thomas Sullivan co-wrote an article, "FTC 'Green Guides':, What the Changes Mean for Marketers," providing a thorough analysis of the Federal Trade Commission's October 1 revisions... more
Outside Publication | Article
Kenneth Kliebard, Ivan Harris, Michele Coffey, Kathleen Collins
Partners Michele Coffey, Kenneth Kliebard, Ivan Harris and Kathleen Collins co-authored the article, "What We've Learned From CFPB's 1st Year," providing a detailed explanation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's sup... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Timothy Lynch, Barbara Melby
CEOs of the top 500 U.S. companies receive call to action on cybersecurity protection issues from Senator Rockefeller.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Services LawFlash
Kenneth Kliebard, Ivan Harris, Michele Coffey, Kathleen Collins
As the CFPB completes its first year of operation, much can be learned from its investigation and enforcement activity thus far.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
W. Reece Hirsch, Aarti Shah
New unit will police individual and organizational practices and enforce the state's various privacy and security laws and regulations.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Services LawFlash
Tonya Oliver, Ivan Harris, Christian Mixter, Kathleen Collins
New regulation attempts to protect from disclosure privileged information provided by financial institutions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or shared by the Bureau with other agencies.
Outside Publication | Article
Stephen Mahinka, Kenneth Kliebard, Ivan Harris, Christian Mixter, Kathleen Collins, Timothy Lynch
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy Practice
Massachusetts regulations to protect consumer personal information contain March 1, 2012 deadline.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Celia Kendrick, François Vergne, Matthew Howse, Walter Ahrens
European Commission proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation aims to strengthen and harmonise data protection law across Europe.
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Stephen Mahinka, Kenneth Kliebard, Kelly Moore, Ivan Harris, Christian Mixter, Kathleen Collins, Joanna Hendon
On January 4, President Obama, via a recess appointment, installed Richard Cordray as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau). The appointment was the latest battle in what promises to be a "... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Lauren Licastro, W. Reece Hirsch, Andy Anderson
HIPAA-covered entities, including employer health plan sponsors, should watch the mail for a letter from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act requ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Ron Dreben, Kenneth Kliebard, K. Roney, Gregory Parks, W. Reece Hirsch
Recognizing that business entities now conduct a majority of their operations with the assistance of electronic programs and databases, and that a significant amount of business and personal information may be stored electronica... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Insurance Recovery LawFlash
Paul Zevnik, Michel Horton
On October 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, applying Colorado law, reversed a district court decision and held that a patent infringement claim may constitute an "advertising injury," thereby triggering, at a... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice
On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., declaring a Vermont law designed to prevent data mining unconstitutional. The Vermont Prescription Confidentiality Law at issue restr... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Investment Management LawFlash
Monica Parry, Ethan Johnson, Trina Winkelmann
At an open meeting on June 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a number of rules implementing Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The newly adopted ru... more
Outside Publication | Article
Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Dana Gross
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering updating and reissuing the "Dot Com Disclosures" business guide[1] that it originally issued in 2000 to assist online advertisers in complyin... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Unfair Competition/Trade Secrets LawFlash
Labor and Employment and Intellectual Property Practices
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has given employers a clear path to increased protection for their trade secrets and other proprietary information in its decision in United States v. Nosal , Case No. 10-10038 (9... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Lauren Licastro
Two recent actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) suggest we have entered a new era of more stringent enforcement of the privacy and security standards under the Health In... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Cross-Practice Alert
Stephen Mahinka, Karen Butcher
After almost three years of review and analysis, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on October 6 released proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, generally termed the "Green Guides" (the G... more