Nov 17 2017

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

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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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Nov 17 2017

Andy Gordon Shares Views on Guantanamo Detention Center with ASU Now

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Andy Gordon shared his views on issues related to Guantanamo Detention Center (GTMO) in a recent Q&A with ASU Now. Andy discussed GTMO’s role and why it is still in operation, explaining that the George W. Bush administration chose to place the detention center in Guantanamo in 2001 in order to interrogate potential enemy combatants outside of the Middle East and U.S. jurisdiction. He talks through what it would take to shut down the facility, which the Obama administration promised to close. The facility hasn’t taken a new prisoner since June 2008. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from April 2009 to October 2010, where he worked on national security issues related to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He...

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Nov 08 2017

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

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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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Nov 01 2017

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

Naomi Jorgensen
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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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Oct 27 2017

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

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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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Oct 20 2017

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

Naomi Jorgensen
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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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