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You're Never Too Big (or Small) for Your Breaches

Data breaches are reported nearly every day, and many are prominently featured as part of the 24-hour news cycle. Target, Uber, AshleyMadison.com, .. Read More

Look In the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's State UAV Laws & Regulations!

Unmanned aerial vehicles ("UAVs" or "drones") are increasingly flooding our skies. Unlike the model airplanes or remote-controlled toys that many of.. Read More

Supreme Court's Spokeo Decision Fails to Give "Concrete" Answers in Privacy Litigation

Article III standing has often been a difficult hurdle for plaintiffs in privacy litigation to clear (check out my prior blogs on Android Litigation.. Read More

FIC Cyber Law Update: MasterCard Debuts Selfie Cybersecurity Feature

This summer, MasterCard will debut a new cybersecurity feature allowing customers to authenticate their identity by taking a selfie. But the use of.. Read More

Social Media for Lawyers: New Tricks, but Old Rules

Last December, I had the privilege of speaking to the Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association about the role social media plays in the.. Read More

Getting Familiar with the HIPAA Data Breach Notification Rule (Part 3)

In previous installments, we have discussed two critical components of handling a breach of protected health information ("PHI") under HIPAA: .. Read More

Getting Familiar with the HIPAA Data Breach Rule (Part 2)

A while back, we began a series on de-mystifying the privacy healthcare law juggernaut that is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability.. Read More

Be Cautious When Social Networking is All "Atwitter" at Your Workplace

We use social media all the time. Make it a point during the day to notice how often you see a friend or colleague checking a Facebook update or.. Read More