by Russ Pearlman | Apr 25, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Legal, Strategy
Just a few weeks back, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fined Denver-based Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) $400,000 for failure to protect some 3,200 patient records that were covered by HIPAA. The attack? An employee fell victim to a phishing... 
by Russ Pearlman | Feb 6, 2017 | Data, Legal
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is data that can be used to indirectly identify a specific individual, such as a social security number, driver’s license number, or login name. PII is important to protect as a part of overall data security because PII is... 
by Russ Pearlman | Oct 20, 2014 | Innovation, Legal
Jim Smelley posted Don’t Blame Ebola on IT about the fact that there were some initial reports that Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas had a communications problem related to the travel history of the first patient who was diagnosed at the hospital. It seems that... 
by Russ Pearlman | Oct 8, 2014 | Legal
Recently, I was reviewing a contract for a client of mine when I came across the following sentence: NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants, herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is... 
by Russ Pearlman | Sep 7, 2014 | Legal
With my second week of law school in the books (see what I did there? we read a lot!), I am now being a bit more critical of the various legal news reports I read. One very fascinating case that I recently came across in my reading is Levitt v. Yelp!, Inc.. In this... 
by Russ Pearlman | Jul 21, 2014 | Legal
Quickly, who do you think are some of the most innovative companies in the world? If you said, IBM, Samsung, Canon, Sony, Microsoft, Panasonic, Toshiba, Hon Hai Precision, Qualcomm, LG, Google, Fujitsu, Apple, GE or GM, congratulations, you also happened to pick one...