Coppersmith Brockelman Ranked Among 2018 Best Law Firms by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®

Coppersmith Brockelman has been recognized as one of the Best Law Firms for 2018 by Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report. The firm has been ranked both locally and nationally in 12 practice areas. Firms recognized as Best Law Firms are known for professional excellence and consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving such a ranking illustrates a firm’s commitment to high quality law practice and extensive legal expertise. Firms are ranked based on a variety of client and peer feedback, including cost effectiveness, responsiveness, expertise and more. Coppersmith Brockelman was ranked in the following practice areas: Metropolitan Tier 1 – Phoenix – Antitrust Law Metropolitan Tier 1 – Phoenix – Commercial Litigation Metropolitan Tier 1 – Phoenix – Criminal Defense: General Practice Metropolitan...

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Kent Brockelman Shares Expertise in Legal Issues Affecting Arizona Businesses in AzBusiness Leaders

Coppersmith Brockelman Managing Partner Kent Brockelman discussed the evolution of the human resources profession alongside other experts in an article for the 2018 edition of AzBusiness Leaders.  Kent notes that new state laws, like Arizona’s paid sick time law, and uncertainty about federal laws such the Affordable Care Act will have a measurable impact on employers and their human resources departments. He also touched on the fact that while technology has benefitted the industry tremendously, a human resources professional’s ability to communicate and connect with people is still essential in an increasingly digital workplace. Read the full article here. It begins on page 144....

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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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Karen Owens Speaks on Anti-Discrimination and Transgender Documentation at Arizona Health Information Management Association Annual Meeting

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Karen Owens gave two talks at the Arizona Health Information Management Association’s (AzHIMA) annual meeting, covering the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Anti-Discrimination Provisions and documentation for transgender patients. In the first talk, Karen discussed Section 1557 of the ACA, the first anti-discrimination law directly aimed at health care-related institutions and programs. Karen covered specific provisions affecting health information management professionals. Her second talk covered transgender documentation. Karen explored the complex issues involved in communications and documentation of names, gender, coding, and related information for transgender patients. Karen has extensive experience representing health care systems, hospitals, clinics, and other providers in clinical operations matters, including quality management, medical staff credentialing and peer review, confidentiality, and state and federal government regulation and reporting.  She also advises clients daily...

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Kristen Rosati and Melissa Soliz Share Expertise in Privacy Compliance for Human Subjects Research with Bloomberg Law

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Kristen Rosati and Melissa Soliz co-authored a piece for Bloomberg Law’s Privacy and Data Security, sharing an overview of the privacy compliance issues associated with the use and disclosure of health information in human subjects research. They discuss complying with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Common Rule, FDA regulations and federal and state health confidentiality laws in all stages of the research process. The piece includes a variety of samples and templates for forms, contracts, and agreements for human subjects research. 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...

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