On April 21, 2026, Republican lawmakers on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, including Congressman Brett Guthrie and Congressman John Joyce, M.D., Leader of the Energy and Commerce Data Privacy Working Group, introduced the “Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act”, the SECURE Data Act (the “Act”). The Act is designed […]
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Your AI Scribe May Be Taking Notes (and Plaintiffs Are Too)
On April 7, 2026, several plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) filed a putative class action complaint in the Northern District of California against Sutter Health, Memorial Health Services Inc. and Memorial Care Medical Foundation (the “Providers”). The complaint alleges the Providers illegally recorded Plaintiffs’ confidential medical information by using an AI-powered “ambient clinical documentation” tool to record clinician-patient […]
Closing the Privacy Gap: HIPRA Targets Health Apps and Wearables
Move over HIPAA…the health privacy landscape may be in for a shakeup. On November 4, 2025, Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced the Health Information Privacy Reform Act (HIPRA), a bill aimed at closing a gap in health data protections. HIPAA has long governed the privacy of traditional medical records held by health care providers […]
HIPAA Security Rule: Still on Track for Finalization
Since the HHS Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) publication of a proposed rule to overhaul the HIPAA Security Rule in January 2025, many in the health care and privacy community have wondered whether the rule would quietly fade away. Some even hoped it might be “dead in the water.” However, despite sharp criticisms and industry […]
New York Department of Health Issues Urgent Cybersecurity Warning Following U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities
The New York State Department of Health has issued an urgent cybersecurity advisory (the Advisory) warning of increased threat levels and a higher likelihood of cybersecurity attacks from Iranian state-backed actors following U.S. military strikes on the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities in Iran. The Advisory warns that “intelligence sources indicate a high likelihood […]