Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of Jackson Lewis write: In late-March and April 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released guidance addressing various questions with answers concerning COVID-19 and related workplace disability-related issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Recently, on June 17th, EEOC updated its guidance to include a new question regarding antibody testing. Read…
Category: Healthcare
INSIGHT: Telehealth Breach Litigation—Key Actors, Claims, Defenses, Tips
Patricia Calhoun and Patricia Carreiro of Carlton Fields write: A new frontier in breach litigation is coming. Fueled by relaxed regulation necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, health providers have plunged headfirst into telehealth. This plunge, particularly for telehealth providers using the potentially less secure technologies temporarily permitted during the pandemic, increases the opportunity for hackers…
IL: Groups ask court to block sharing of private medical info with law enforcement in McHenry County
From the ACLU of Illinois: The League of United Latin American Citizens of Illinois (LULAC), the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) and the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (HMPRG) today asked an Illinois appellate court to block the forced sharing of private medical information about McHenry County residents who have tested positive for…
Exposure Notification Privacy Act: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Regulate Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps
Nicole Su of Womble Bond Dickinson writes: As cities across the country begin to reopen, companies and public health officials look for ways combat the spread of COVID-19. One such way is through contract tracing apps. Of course, such apps come with it the collection and transmission of large amounts of consumer health data. Lawmakers…