The government had another busy year in 2023, investigating and prosecuting healthcare fraud cases on multiple fronts. Contending with the enormous healthcare crises of the now-concluded COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing...more
7/3/2024
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Educational Institutions ,
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Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tennessee
This is the second in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
Large companies holding sensitive data – including financial services, telecommunications, business process outsourcing, hospitality, and cryptocurrency firms – as well as their IT helpdesks, are increasingly being targeted...more
11/28/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
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Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
FBI ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sensitive Business Information
In late September, the NY State Education Department issued a two-page order providing that NY public schools may not purchase or utilize facial recognition technology. The Department relied on a report issued by the NY...more
In late May, the Federal Trade Commission sought an injunction in the Northern District of California against Edmodo, which has historically offered school districts a virtual classroom platform with tools for assignments,...more
6/21/2023
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COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Injunctions ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
School Districts ,
Technology
Following the March 2023 rollout of mobile sports wagering in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has been hard at work promulgating the various regulations needed to oversee Massachusetts’ burgeoning sports...more
6/12/2023
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Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Gambling ,
Gaming Commissions ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Sports Betting ,
Sports Gambling ,
State and Local Government
This is the seventh part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: crypto enforcement.
2023 promises historic change for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General...more
A little over a year after the Texas Appeals Court rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s argument that the state’s Whistleblower Act does not apply to whistleblowers reporting violations of law committed elected...more
Following a two-part meeting last week, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission released several important documents related to the upcoming licensing of Category 1, Category 2, and Category 3 sports wagering licensees....more
Recently signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 15, 2022, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC”) changes the playing field for certain businesses that provide online services,...more
On September 22, 2022, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (“Commission”) convened an in-person roundtable to solicit feedback from industry on the launch of mobile sports wagering platforms in the Commonwealth. It was clear...more
As we had previously blogged, the FTC in guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health indicated that it would aggressively wield its enforcement authority in relation to deceptive...more
Following the signing of Massachusetts’ new sports wagering law by Governor Baker earlier in the month, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has released a Notice of Intent Regarding License for Sports Wagering, which it has...more
Since the Legislature passed An Act Regulating Sports Wagering, the Commonwealth has been a hive of activity as Massachusetts ushers in a new era in gaming and aligns with the dozens of other states that have already...more
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, state attorneys general are, not surprisingly, joining the frontlines of the ensuing state-by-state debate on abortion rights. ...more
As states have continued to debate and pass new comprehensive privacy statutes – such as those in Virginia and Colorado – a common refrain from business leaders is the need for a comprehensive federal privacy statute that...more
The Massachusetts legislature has approved a bill that will create a framework for legalized sports betting.
Betting will be conducted through a combination of existing brick-and-mortar casinos, slots parlors, and racing...more
On July 7, 2022, three federal agencies – the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Department of the Treasury – issued a joint alert regarding Maui Ransomware, which...more
7/27/2022
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
FBI ,
Healthcare ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
North Korea ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Sanctions ,
U.S. Treasury
As we wrote last year, Colorado is among the vanguard of privacy-focused states—including California, Washington, and Virginia—to adopt significant state-level privacy legislation. One year out from enforcement of the...more
President Biden and EU leaders announced on March 25, 2022 an agreement in principle to craft a replacement for the Privacy Shield and expand options for trans-Atlantic data transfers in accordance with the General Data...more
5/13/2022
/ Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Joe Biden ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department
In recently published guidance, Illinois’ main cannabis regulator – the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation – announced that medical and co-located dispensaries in Illinois must protect patient...more
11/16/2021
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Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Confidential Information ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personal Information ,
State and Local Government
August 10, 2021 Massachusetts legislators are currently considering proposals to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts, which would permit individuals 21 and over to place bets on professional and college sports and...more
Though the final results of the 2020 presidential race took a few days to become clear, it was obvious by the morning of November 4 that cannabis legalization had run the table: from deep red Montana, South Dakota, and...more
Editors’ Note: This is the second in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Read our previous post on Energy.
Though the final results of the...more
12/30/2020
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Cannabis Products ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Legalization ,
Medical Marijuana ,
State and Local Government
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on December 10, 2020 rejected a broad challenge to Governor Baker’s authority to issue emergency orders intended to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rejecting both the plaintiffs’...more