Roopali represents four initiative campaigns who filed a Petition for Special Action with the Arizona Supreme Court to seek an order permitting them to use the E-Qual system to obtain online signatures
Jan 15 2019

Roopali Desai Discusses the Benefits, Role of Amicus Briefs in Panel Seminar for the State Bar of Arizona

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Roopali Desai joined fellow legal experts, including a judge on the Arizona Supreme Court and representatives from the ACLU of Arizona and the Institute for Justice, to demystify the role of amicus briefs in a panel seminar for the State Bar of Arizona. The panel discussed how to effectively use amicus briefs on appeal, including the types of briefs that are most helpful to judges, how to obtain amicus support for a case, common pitfalls, and how to identify the best person or people to serve as amici. Roopali specializes in civil litigation and appeals and election and political law. Her clients include large and small businesses, nonprofits, and political campaigns and parties. She is especially known for her experience representing initiative, referendum, and recall campaigns, and...

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Dec 20 2018

Sam Coppersmith Discusses Legal Considerations for Public Charities in Webcast

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Sam Coppersmith broke down legal challenges facing public charities in a webinar for the National Business Institute (NBI). 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, offered advice on common issues facing public charities, focused on solutions for attorneys serving tax-exempt organizations. They covered state restrictions, tips for handling IRS reviews, and other tax paperwork, how to draft bylaws and a mission statement, how to correctly handle incoming contributions, tips for interacting with for-profit organizations, best practices in nonprofit governance, and more. Sam is a regular speaker for NBI, sharing his expertise on numerous topics related to nonprofit organizations. He has more than three...

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Dec 07 2018

Karen Owens Discusses Regulations, Legal Issues Affecting LGBTQ Health Care in Webinar for American College of Healthcare Executives

Naomi Jorgensen
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Karen Owens shared her expertise in health care law and regulations, specifically those affecting LGBTQ patients, in a webinar for the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE) LGBT Forum. Karen and her co-presenter, Trent Stechschulte of Equitas Health, broke down federal and state laws affecting LGBTQ health care, how to deal with issues in adapting electronic health records for transgender patients, and employment-specific issues relevant to LGBTQ people. Karen’s health care practice focuses on legal issues including clinical compliance, which has led her to work with health care systems in LGBTQ health care compliance efforts under federal regulations and state laws. She is also experienced in handling issues related to quality management, medical staff credentialing and peer review, medical staff structures, bylaws and confidentiality, as well as...

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing
Dec 07 2018

Kristen Rosati Shares Tips for Protecting Genomic Information in Presentation at Arizona State University Workshop

Naomi Jorgensen
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Partner Kristen Rosati did a talk on the protection of genomic information at Arizona State University’s Workshop on Patents and Data Sharing/Access for Molecular Diagnostics. She discussed the policy tension between individual rights to control genomic information versus support of research that relies on genomic information, and the need for researchers to get involved in the development of policy at the national and state levels. She also discussed the impact of human subject protection regulations for federally-funded research, HIPAA, and state health information confidentiality laws on the conduct of research involving genetic information. Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, clinical research compliance, clinical trials contracting, and biobanking and genomic privacy. Kristen...

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing
Nov 19 2018

Kristen Rosati Discusses Impact of GDPR on United States Health Care Organizations in Presentation for Health Care Compliance Association

Naomi Jorgensen
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Kristen Rosati shared her expertise on data privacy and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a presentation at the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Regional Compliance Conference in Nashville, TN. Kristen explained how the GDPR will impact health care organizations in the US. The GDPR is a law implemented in the European Union which is reshaping how organizations in health care and other industries handle personal data, and which has extra-territorial impact on some health care organizations in the US. The GDPR is getting widespread attention after an EU data protection authority imposed a fine of over $50 million on Google for its data practices. Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration...

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing
Nov 07 2018

Kristen Rosati Breaks Down Data Sharing Considerations for Public Health and Data Use Agreements in Presentation at Sentinel System Annual Summit

Naomi Jorgensen
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Partner Kristen Rosati shared her expertise in data sharing and privacy in a presentation at the Sentinel System Annual Summit. Kristen has provided advice for a number of years on data sharing and privacy to the FDA and its Sentinel System, a national electronic distributed network to monitor product safety.   Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data breaches, health information exchange, data sharing for research and clinical integration initiatives, clinical research compliance, clinical trials contracting, and biobanking and genomic privacy. Kristen is a sought-after national speaker on these issues and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is Past President (2013-2014) of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the nation’s largest health care legal organization. ...

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