On August 4, 2016, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) announced that it had reached the largest monetary settlement to date from a single entity for breaches of the Health Insurance
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In this age of cyberattacks and security breaches, some employers might be surprised to discover what identity theft laws apply to them. Most of the applicable laws apply to businesses or individuals who maintain or otherwise possess consumer information for
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In 2013, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which defined “marriage” for purposes of federal statutes as a legal union between one man and one woman, Justice Antonin Scalia vehemently
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