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Expansive New HHS And FTC Regulations Require Entities To Provide Notice Of Data Breaches Involving Health Information
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued significant regulations implementing provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
Read MoreSecond Chances: What Appellate Courts Can (And Cannot) Do For You
You wrote the best summary judgment of your career or delivered your best-ever closing argument to a jury. The judge or jury, however, did not see it that way. You lost. But surely you have a second chance - don't you? Unfortunately, the notion of a "second chance" on appeal is a...
Read MoreTexas Again Leads The Way
Editor: Texas seems to have weathered the economic storm better than most other states. To what do you attribute that? Menges: Based on my experience as a business lawyer in Texas for more than 25 years and as a member of the board of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, I believe that...
Read MoreSEC: Proposing Proxy Access - Limiting Broker Discretionary Voting
Editor: Tell us about recent developments affecting how shareholders vote for directors of public companies. Dooley: The first was the approval by the SEC of a proposal by the New York Stock Exchange to limit the ability of brokers to vote on a discretionary basis for directors if no instructions...
Read MoreA Firm Whose Lawyers Live Pro Bono
Editor: As Akin Gump's Pro Bono Partner what do you consider your primary role in this capacity at the firm? Schulman: My primary role is really to ensure that the pro bono practice is as vibrant as possible at the firm. I view myself as a law firm lawyer who does public interest work...
Read MoreTARP And The Stimulus - Keeping Them Honest
Editor: Because the Akin Gump seminars (co-sponsored by Ernst & Young and this newspaper) in Dallas (June 9) and San Francisco (June 11) were both so successful, we thought it would be of interest to our readers and Internet viewers to capture their flavor by asking three of the Akin Gump...
Read MoreThe Alien Tort Statute - Corporate Social Responsibility Takes On A New Meaning
Recently, Corporate Social Responsibility took on a new and enhanced meaning when Royal Dutch Shell settled with the plaintiffs for over $15 million in an Alien Tort Statute (ATS) lawsuit filed in New York federal court. Businesses with operations, suppliers or other dealings with the developing...
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