Christopher W. Savage, Christopher G. Renner, and David M. Gossett of Davis Wright Tremaine write: On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a far-reaching Executive Order seeking to fight market concentration and anticompetitive practices across the entire U.S. economy, stating that “[a] fair, open, and competitive marketplace has long been a cornerstone of the American economy, while…
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Capitol Siege Prosecutors Lose Bid for Deloitte Help With Data
Bernie Pazanowski reports: Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP is barred from helping federal prosecutors and other government staff sort and organize the huge volumes of electronic data and other evidence it has collected from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a federal court in Washington said Friday. The investigation into the events has generated…
Health Data Sharing With Social Services Raises Privacy Concerns
Christopher Brown reports: Proposed changes to federal health privacy rules intended to encourage information sharing with social services agencies could pose unacceptable privacy risks, provider groups and privacy advocates say. The goal of the changes to the HIPAA privacy rule (RIN 0945–AA00) is to encourage health-care providers and social services agencies to work together to address social…
Insurer Wants Off the Hook in Paying for Biometric Privacy Suit
Jake Holland reports: A Wisconsin insurance company is urging an Illinois federal judge to declare it’s not on the hook for coverage related to biometric privacy litigation one of its policyholders is embroiled in. None of its policies cover the underlying Biometric Information Privacy Act claims Eagle’s View Supportive Living is facing in state court,…