Publications

As we close the books on 2018, covered entities must remember to file all small breach reports with OCR. For small breaches (those impacting less than 500 individuals), covered entities have 60 days following the end of the year in which the breach occurred to report any breach for the […]

The First Session of the 106th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 9, 2019. This Dirt Alert provides an update on certain bills introduced during the last five days of bill introduction related to municipal law, real estate, renewable energy, liquor, finance, healthcare and taxation. The Legislature completed bill introductions on […]

On January 7, 2019, revised guidance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on patent subject matter eligibility took effect, paving the way for what many stakeholders expect to be a decrease in the number of patent claim rejections under 35 U.S.C. §101. The guidance attempts to provide a […]

2018 was a year of adjustment for the financial services industry. We saw changes at key regulators that will have repercussions for years to come with the appointments of Kathy Kraninger and Jelena McWilliams as the respective heads of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation […]

On January 21, 2019, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) imposed a massive financial penalty of 50 Million euros (approximately 56.8 Million U.S. dollars) against Google for violating provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The penalty is the largest to date assessed under the GDPR and indicates the […]