Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a final rule in the Federal Register, amending the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations and the HIPAA Privacy Rule to provide patients with greater access to their lab […]
Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement
Kim Peretti Quoted in Washington Post Article “Target Security Breach: Eric Holder Vows to Find Hackers”
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, was quoted in the Washington Post article “Target Security Breach: Eric Holder Vows to Find Hackers.” Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that his agency is investigating the holiday heist on Target, which exposed weaknesses in the nation’s credit card system. As a result […]
Energy and Commerce Committee to Hold First U.S. House of Representatives Hearing in 2014 on Protecting Consumer Information and Preventing Data Security Breaches
Following the recent announcement of two U.S. Senate committee hearings on data security breaches, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the first U.S. House of Representatives hearing to examine the issue. During the same week as the Senate hearings, the committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (CMT), chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), will […]
Kim Peretti Presented at the Law Seminars International Cybersecurity Law and Strategies Conference
Kimberly Peretti, partner in the Privacy & Data Security Team, was a speaker in the seminar discussion “Legal Developments for Cyber Security Law” during the Law Seminar International Cybersecurity Law and Strategies Conference on Monday, January 27. The following topics were discussed during the program: • Regulatory requirements and structure (to the extent there is […]
Alston & Bird to Host the Financial Marketplaces and Cyber Risk Seminar – February 11
Please join Jim Harvey and Kimberly Peretti, co-chairs of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, for a first-of-its-kind seminar: “Financial Marketplaces and Cyber Risk.” The panel discussion will both define cyber risk and its implications for financial marketplaces and address the existing regulatory framework and strategies purporting to improve risk mitigation for the industry […]