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The Cost Of A Data Breach: The Health Care Perspective
The best-known provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH”) was the amendment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to provide for the promulgation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Roche’s Chief Patent Counsel Joins Gibbons P.C.
Editor: Why did you choose Gibbons over other firms you had the opportunity to join? Johnston: My reasons for joining Gibbons are the same reasons I was a Gibbons client. Throughout more than 35 years at Roche, I found Gibbons attorneys to possess the singular ability to “think like a...
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A New Statutory Remedy For Oppressed Members Of LLCs - Not Necessarily A Panacea
New Jersey and at least seven other states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, codified in New Jersey as N.J.S.A. 41:2C-1, et seq. (“RULLCA”). RULLCA is effective as to all New Jersey LLCs formed on and after March 18, 2013 and...
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The Case For Getting Aggressive With Workplace Bullies
Every parent is familiar with the word “bullying.” It has now also become an important employee relations issue for businesses. Though there is no current federal or state law explicitly prohibiting workplace bullying, many states are considering legislation that would make bullying...
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Mark Sidoti Of Gibbons P.C.: Staying Ahead Of The E-Discovery Learning Curve
Editor: Why did your firm create its E-Discovery Task Force? Sidoti: Some brief history helps frame this response. The concept of e-discovery and information management as factors that could dictate the outcome of litigation and turn straightforward cases into “bet the company”...
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Dan McCarthy Of Gibbons P.C.: From The General Counsel’s Office To Law Firm Partnership
Editor: Why was this a good time to make the switch from being a general counsel to a partner in a law firm? McCarthy: For the past 27 years, as general counsel of two international financial services companies, AT&T Capital and HP Financial Services, I have been a keen observer of the...
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The “Do-Good” Business Client: Benefit Corps And L3Cs
Introduction I have a client that is a boutique investment bank that focuses almost exclusively on sustainable industries. From a free market perspective, this may seem like an oxymoron – shouldn’t a financial concern put the pursuit of pure profits before “eco-friendly...
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