Christopher Brown reports: EmergencyMD LLC must face a revived lawsuit from a former contractor alleging the company illegally accessed her private emails for use in litigation between it and her new employer, a federal appellate court ruled. Because there were genuine issues of material fact related to her claim that EmergencyMD violated the Stored Communications…
Category: Laws
The Colorado AG Posts Revised Draft Regulations
Alexandra Scott, Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, and Jayne Ponder of Covington & Burling write: Recently, the Colorado Attorney General’s office posted a revised draft of the regulations implementing the Colorado Privacy Act. The revisions made a number of changes, and we highlight a few key ones below. Specifying that the dark patterns provisions apply in certain circumstances…
Illinois High Court Allows Biometric Privacy Claims to Go Back Five Years
David Poell and Alyssa Sones of SheppardMullin write: A plaintiff has her fingerprints forever. But she doesn’t have forever to file a lawsuit for improper retention, deletion, collection, or use of her fingerprints. For years, Illinois courts have been perplexed on what statute of limitations applies to different claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy…
Utah bill that would centralize access to patients’ medical records advances out of committee
Boram Kim reports: The Utah House Health and Human Services Standing Committee voted 7-3 to favorably approve House Bill 239 on Thursday, advancing it to the House floor for consideration. The bill would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to work with stakeholders on designating a centralized health information exchange where patients and providers…