Scott Bennett Discusses Legal Ethics, Cybersecurity, and Data Breaches in Presentation for American Health Lawyers Association

Scott Bennett shared his expertise in cybersecurity, data breaches, and legal ethics in a presentation at the American Health Lawyers Association’s Physicians & Hospitals Law Institute in New Orleans. Scott, along with co-presenter Seth Wolf of University Hospitals Health System, discussed lawyers’ ethical obligations to understand the technology used in their practices, and to safeguard client information. The presentation included practical tips on keeping information secure. Scott has considerable experience representing hospitals and other health care providers. A substantial part of his work involves assisting clients with issues relating to information privacy and security.  He works with clients in health care and in other industries to help them prevent, prepare for, and respond to data breaches.  Scott is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International...

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Sam Coppersmith Shares Expertise in Private Foundations in Webinar for National Business Institute

Sam Coppersmith recently shared his expertise in the legal and tax aspects of private foundations in a webinar for the National Business Institute (NBI) called Private Foundations From Start To Finish. Alongside co-presenters Michelle Huhnke of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer and Jennifer Urban of Legal for Good, Sam presented his materials on private foundation essentials; organizing and governing a private foundation; and filing private foundation returns with the IRS. The seminar also detailed the essentials of private foundations, including the different types, applicable rules, and how private foundations differ from public charities. Sam is a regular speaker for NBI, covering a range of topics related to nonprofit organizations, including forming a nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, serving on a nonprofit board, and nonprofit bylaws. Sam has more than three...

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Kristen Rosati and Scott Bennett Share Expertise in Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, and Legal Ethics with Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Kristen Rosati and Scott Bennett shared their expertise in cybersecurity and data breaches in a presentation to the Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (AZSHA). The talk focused on attorneys’ legal and ethical obligations relating to technology, cybersecurity, and data breaches.  Kristen and Scott explained how lawyers and law firms can: Prevent data breaches through safeguards such as good password practices, encryption, and training both lawyers and staff members; Prepare for data breaches, such as by creating an incident-response plan and buying adequate cyber insurance; and Respond to a data breach, including meeting the requirements of HIPAA as well as state breach-reporting laws. Kristen is one of the nation’s leading HIPAA compliance attorneys, with deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research...

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Sam Coppersmith Shares Advanced Nonprofit Law Expertise in National Business Institute Webcast

Sam Coppersmith shared his extensive knowledge of nonprofit law in a recent National Business Institute (NBI) seminar. Sam and two other nonprofit law experts, Jennifer Urban of Legal for Good PLLC in St. Louis Park, MN, and Michelle Huhnke of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer, LLP in Chicago, covered common 501(c)(3) challenges exempt organizations face and how to overcome them. The webcast seminar examined advanced methods for maintaining exempt status, solutions for overcoming board of governance liability issues, political activity pitfalls, private foundation issues, and how to correct common form 990 and UBIT errors, among other topics. Sam is a regular speaker at NBI seminars. He has covered a range of topics related to nonprofit organizations, including forming a nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, serving on a nonprofit board,...

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Scott Bennett and Kristen Rosati Share Expertise in HIPAA Cybersecurity Requirements at ASU Law School Seminar

Scott Bennett and Kristen Rosati shared their expertise in cybersecurity at a seminar for healthcare organizations and their counsel at Arizona State University’s downtown Phoenix campus. As members of an expert panel, Scott and Kristen discussed how healthcare organizations can prepare for, respond to, and report a data breach, including complying with HIPAA requirements and state breach reporting laws. Kristen is one of the nation’s leading HIPAA compliance attorneys, with deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, clinical research compliance, clinical trials contracting, biobanking and genomic privacy, and all things “Big Data.” Scott has considerable experience representing hospitals and other health care providers. A substantial part of his work involves assisting clients with issues relating to information privacy and...

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Melissa Soliz and Erin Dunlap Discuss Healthcare Records Access During State Bar of Arizona’s Workers’ Compensation Program

Melissa Soliz and Erin Dunlap Share Expertise in Substance Abuse Treatment and 42 CFR Part 2 in Webinar for Strafford

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Melissa Soliz and affiliated attorney Erin Dunlap discussed recent changes to 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records. During the webinar, Melissa and Erin shared best practices for navigating and complying with these changes, when the changes go into effect, and the challenges the new regulations pose for integration of behavioral and physical health records and data exchange. Melissa focuses her law practice on HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 compliance, data breaches and OCR investigations, electronic health records and information exchanges, data sharing for research and clinical integration, and clinical research compliance and contracting. Erin advises clients working in the health care industry on regulatory and compliance matters, focusing primarily on data privacy and security issues arising under HIPAA, 42...

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