Publications

The attorney-client privilege gives employers critical protection in the event of a lawsuit, but courts will not hesitate to declare that employers have forfeited those protections if they are not careful. Worse, once an employer has lost the protection of the attorney-client privilege, the documents and conversations over which the […]

On July 21, 2014, President Obama signed Executive Order (“EO”) 13672 extending workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) Americans in the federal contracting workforce. The order instructed the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to update the rules implementing EO 11246—which already protects workers employed by or seeking jobs […]

On December 2, 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a Resolution Agreement with Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Inc. (ACMHS) following OCR’s investigation of a self-reported compromise of ACMHS’ electronic health information system due to a malware attack that compromised the records of 2,743 individuals. OCR investigated […]

The first session of the 104th Nebraska Legislature completed bill introduction on January 21, 2015, and committee hearings commenced on January 20, 2015. Baird Holm continues to track those bills related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. Here is a list of the bills we are tracking, with […]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness Response recently released a guide to help health care facilities incorporate active shooter planning into their emergency operations plans. Publication of the guide comes at a time of enhanced focus on national preparedness efforts, following the […]