Newark Partner Thomas Regan will join a virtual panel hosted by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), on February 25 at 1:00 p.m. ET, titled “Practice Pointers on Federal Court Practice and Procedure.” 

Despite all that made 2020 an unusual year, data security incidents did not slow down. For organizations that are covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the deadline to report small incidents is fast approaching. Organizations that experienced a data security incident in 2020, which affected the protected health information (PHI) of less than 500 individuals, have until March 1, 2021 to submit their notification to the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.

Dallas Partners Leiza Dolghih and Susan Briones, along with Fort Lauderdale Partner Lee Lasris, will deliver presentations to the Collin-Fannin County Medical Society (CFCMS) on February 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CT, to discuss a variety of topics relating to healthcare litigation, COVID-19-related regulation, and telemedicine expectations for 2021.

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair Sean B. Hoar will deliver a presentation, titled “Emerging Cyber Threats: Risk Mitigation Strategies,” at the virtual CIS 20th Annual Conference, taking place February 23-25.

Lewis Brisbois is proud to announce the promotion of 35 of its associates to partner. With these promotions, Lewis Brisbois’ total partnership comes to 933 across its 53 offices.

The newly-passed California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) includes additional and expanded consumer rights not currently existing under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This fifth installment in our series about the changes to the CCPA brought by the CPRA focuses on consumers’ new rights of correction and access to certain personal information and revisions to certain existing consumer rights in the CCPA, including rights to know (and access), deletion, non-discrimination, and rights for minors.

 President Biden has signed 28 Executive Orders as of February 2, 2021, but there is one that stands out to employment lawyers – Executive Order 13999. Titled “Protecting Worker Health and Safety,” the Order addresses workplace safety. It sets out instructions, primarily to the Secretary of Labor and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, for establishing and issuing a set of guidelines under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Cheryl Wilke to its Fort Lauderdale and Washington, D.C. offices as a partner in its Labor & Employment and Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practices. Ms. Wilke joins Lewis Brisbois from a publicly-traded REIT, where she served as vice president, corporate counsel, and served as litigation officer.

A recent decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit makes it harder for employer defendants to remove class actions to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA). In remanding a putative class action back to California state court, the Ninth Circuit held that the removing defendant failed to submit competent evidence showing that the amount in controversy exceeded the $5 million jurisdictional threshold required to invoke federal jurisdiction.

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Vice-Chair Lindsay Nickle will join a live webinar panel hosted by Northwest Technologies Group titled “Law Firms Discussing Cybersecurity & Remote Work,” on February 17 at 10:00 a.m. PT. 

Atlanta Partner Candis Jones has been named to Atlanta Magazine’s 2021 “Atlanta 500” list of the most powerful business leaders in Atlanta. To compile this list, the publication reviewed nominations from the public and consulted experts across various sectors.

Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) Practice Co-Chairs Mary A. Smigielski and Josh Kantrow, along with Minneapolis Partner Kari Berman, will lead a free webinar hosted by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) on February 10 at 11:00 a.m. CT to discuss BIPA updates for the coming year.

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Vice-Chair Lindsay Nickle will join a live webinar panel titled “Healthcare and Ransomware Attacks: Protecting Patient Information, Mitigating Privacy Risks,” hosted by Strafford Publications on March 17 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.

It is clear the Biden Administration plans big changes in the leadership of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB).

As we move through the remainder of this snowy season, it is important for businesses to understand their legal obligations concerning snow removal and the defenses that are available to them in the event that an injury occurs on their premises. This alert summarizes the ongoing storm rules in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island, and analyzes property owners’ snow removal responsibilities as well as related premises liability issues under these states’ laws.