On January 11, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services extended the COVID-19 public health emergency through at least April 11, 2023.

Healthcare associate Samuel Hoff authored an article for MedCity News on "'Friendly' PC Models: Key Contractual and Compliance Considerations."

Statehouse News (sub. req.) reports that the Cannabis Control Commission will unveil draft regulations for public discussion the week of December 11

The United States Senate voted last week to legalize hemp as part of a provision of the omnibus Farm Bill.

ICANN’s new generic top-level domain name (gTLD) program has introduced opportunities and risks for companies, and probably not in equal measure.

On Monday, December 12 at 12:30 p.m. EST, the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel presents The Domain Name Deluge: What In-House Counsel Need to Know About ICANN's New gTLD Program.

The BEA has posted on its website that the filing deadline for all "new filers" for the BE-10 (which is the five year benchmark survey of United States direct investment abroad) has been extended to June 30, 2015.

I was interviewed for this PC World piece on the potential impact of Facebook's recently announced IPO on data privacy.

Colin Zick, co-chair of Foley Hoag's Healthcare and Privacy and Data Security Practice Groups, was recently quoted in USA Today about cyberattacks ...

Christopher Hart, Co-Chair of Foley Hoag's Privacy and Data Security practice, discusses the data security risks of the present ...

If you were not able to join us for our October 17 program with Kroll, Data Breach Prevention and Response, we are happy to provide you with an electronic copy of the presentation materials.

This article, "Cyber Bombs: Data-Security Sector Hopes Adoption Won’t Require a ‘Pearl Harbor’ Moment," in last week's Mass High Tech suggests that even without a watershed event (i.e., a "Pearl Harbor") the cyber-security business will continue to grow robustly.

Facebook reached a settlement with the FTC today regarding the FTC’s suit accusing Facebook of "unfair and deceptive" business practices concerning what some have described as the site’s alarmingly poor track record regarding user privacy.

Are you looking for an introduction to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

In its recent Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information, the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services, we see confirmation of certain trends-- bigger breaches and breaches involving theft of electronic media.

I'm quoted in this week's edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in an article that discusses the differences between Ninth Circuit and First Circuit case law interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Last week, I co-presented with Gant Redmon of Co3 Systems to the Association of Corporation Counsel on breach response.

The Economist certainly thinks computer security is broken (and it's hard to argue the contrary).

Foley Hoag is pleased to contribute to Lex Mundi's report on global data privacy trends and topics.

As we previously noted in our Foley Adviser dated February 3, 2010, "New Massachusetts Data Security Law and Regulations-Comprehensive Information Security Plan required before March 1, 2010", under the regulations, an investment adviser must require third-party service providers by contract to implement and maintain appropriate security measures for personal information.