by Girish Anand | Feb 12, 2017 | DOJ
On Friday, Feb. 10, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under new Attorney-General Jeff Sessions withdrew its challenge of an injunction that blocked that department’s Obama-era regulation seeking free access to bathroom-of-choice use at public schools. At issue is...
by Girish Anand | Feb 11, 2017 | DOL
Following President Trump’s executive order to review its fiduciary rule, set to take effect April 7, the Department of Labor (DOL) on Feb. 9 informed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which has to approve every regulation, that it wants to delay the...
by Girish Anand | Feb 10, 2017 | HHS
Former Congressman Tom Price, a Democrat from Georgia and trained orthopedic surgeon, was approved this morning to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a party-line vote of 52 to 47. Price, who has long advocated for the repeal of the...
by Girish Anand | Feb 10, 2017 | HIPAA, OCR
HIPAA-covered entities must report small data breaches of protected health information (PHI) affecting fewer than 500 individuals to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) by March 1. The law allows for 60 days to elapse at the close of a calendar year before that...
by Girish Anand | Feb 9, 2017 | DOL
U.S. district courts in Texas have been the death knell for many Barack Obama-era regulations and executive orders — immigration reform and a new overtime rule among the most prominent — but yesterday (Feb. 8) a U.S. district judge in Texas beat back a...
