Researchers at the University of Buffalo have found that cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into the environment.

Although Connecticut does not have a broad confidentiality statute like the CMIA, the Connecticut Supreme Court held last year that the HIPAA privacy standards can be used to establish the standard of care required...

Earlier this month, the Justice Department Civil Rights Division’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices ("Justice Department CRD") and the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") formally recognizing that the agencies will share information with each other.

Rebecca Tunney co-authored an article, "Reconciling the Limits of Agency Law and the Reach of the Federal Arbitration Act," published by the Massachusetts Law Review.

On June 23, the New Jersey Assembly passed Bill A1907, which proposes to extend the now-expired moratorium on the Nonresidential Development Fee.

On October 26, the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives voted to give final legislative passage to a 2017-2019 biennium budget (the Budget Act).

Each year, certain federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax figures are subject to inflation adjustments.

Victims of domestic violence in New York may soon be entitled to a 90-day unpaid leave of absence.

It's Day One of the brave new world of equity crowdfunding ("regulation crowdfunding" to use the SEC's parlance). The final rules promulgated by the SEC six months ago became effective today.

The new model is the first advanced APM introduced by the Trump administration.

The long-awaited second phase of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audit program is finally upon us.

While manufacturers are generally responsible for initiating medical device recalls, providers are usually best positioned to identify and notify affected patients and quarantine identified devices.

This is arguably a more stringent standard than federal criminal health care fraud liability in the excluded provider context."

Eric further commented that hiring a CHIO is an admission by CMS that its overall health IT strategy needs improvement.

A June 12 article in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy Law Watch and other publications, "HHS Offers Health-Care Companies Cyberattack Response Checklist," reported that the Department of Health and...

An October 17 article in Bloomberg BNA's Health Care Daily Report and other publications, "Justice Dept. Mulling Yates Memo Policy Clarifications," discussed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ's) planned review of the so-called Yates memo. Day Pitney's Eric Fader was quoted in the article.

A March 12 article in Bloomberg BNA's Health Care Daily Report, "Privacy Concerns Hit Ride-Hailing Push Into Health Care," discussed issues that Uber and Lyft will need to address in order to...

A February 13 article in Bloomberg BNA's Health IT Law & Industry Report and other publications, "Trump Budget Takes an Ax to Health-Care IT Agency," ...

A May 16 article, "U.K. Hospital Ransomware Attacks Show Need for Software Updates," in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy Law Watch and other publications discussed last week's ransomware attacks that hit hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and crippled more than 16 British hospitals.

A September 20 article in Bloomberg BNA's Health Care Daily Report and other publications, entitled "Is the Federal Insurance Exchange Secure?,"...