Publications

Recently, Alabama 1 and South Dakota 2 joined the other 48 States by enacting data breach legislation that requires entities (private or public) to notify individuals of security breaches of information involving personally identifiable information. While the South Dakota’s law followed the majority of its predecessors, the Alabama law imposes […]

Since the 2016 election, insiders for the financial services industry have predicted that the Trump Administration would bring not just a roll-back in federal regulation, but a different, more relaxed approach to enforcement as well. At the same time, others have predicted that any roll-back in federal oversight on the […]

In early 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the most comprehensive data privacy law to date in the United States (the “Act”). The Act is intended to provide greater protection for consumer data gathered by businesses, and will become effective January 1, 2020. For a general […]

In early 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the most comprehensive data privacy law to date in the United States (the “Act”). The Act is intended to provide greater protection for consumer data gathered by businesses, and will become effective January 1, 2020. For a general […]

On August 14, 2018, in Chase County v. City of Imperial, the Nebraska Court of Appeals decided a case that is helpful to hospitals and medical providers. The Court held that a law enforcement agency can be held financially liable for medical services provided to an arrested person even if […]