Tag Archives: Supreme Court

The Room Where It Happens: The Autonomy of the Hospital Ethics Committees Post-Dobbs

By Kimberly Gordy on July 14, 2022 Posted in Healthcare

Since the issuance of the Dobbs decision, there’s been significant discussion by lawyers, philosophers, healthcare providers and political leaders. The ruling has created uncertainty and confusion for those working in the healthcare space, and as lawyers, we are now being asked to advise our clients on myriad issues ranging from criminal culpability to the tax … Continue Reading

Office for Civil Rights Provides Guidance: HIPAA Privacy Rule on Disclosures of Information Relating to Reproductive Healthcare

By Aleksandra Vold on July 1, 2022 Posted in Data Privacy, Healthcare, HIPAA/HITECH

On June 29, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) issued guidance on when entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are permitted to share protected health information (PHI) … Continue Reading

Following SCOTUS Cert Denial, Facebook Settles BIPA Case for $550 Million

By Kamran Salour and Melinda L. McLellan on January 31, 2020 Posted in Biometrics

One decision, two far-reaching effects. This aptly describes the Supreme Court’s Jan. 21, 2020, decision to deny Facebook’s petition for certiorari in Patel v. Facebook. The Supreme Court’s denial spelled an end to Facebook’s nearly five-year quest to dismiss this case, which began in August 2015 when three Facebook users filed a consolidated putative class action alleging that … Continue Reading

Concrete and Particularized: What the Supreme Court’s Spokeo Ruling May Mean for Privacy Class Actions and Big Data – the First in a Series

By Tanya Forsheit on May 16, 2016 Posted in Online Privacy, Privacy Class Actions

This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Robins v. Spokeo, No. 13–1339, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), putting to rest months of speculation as to whether the Court could come to a meaningful decision (that would be anything other than 4-4) in the aftermath of Justice Scalia’s passing in … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Finds Vermont Data Mining Law Unconstitutional

By Craig A. Hoffman on June 23, 2011 Posted in HIPAA/HITECH, Medical Privacy

The U.S. Supreme Court released its decision today in Sorrell v. IMS Health Care, Inc., a case concerning the constitutionality of a Vermont statute that prohibited pharmacies from selling or disclosing prescriber-identifying information taken from prescriptions for marketing purposes. The challenge to the statute was made by data mining companies. The Supreme Court stated that … Continue Reading