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Privacy and Security Law for Business Lawyers - Business Law Today from ABA Privacy and security law now impacts essentially any business of any size in any industry anywhere in the country (and really the world).

My article about why every lawyer and every business should be paying attention to privacy and security issues. businesslawtoday.org/2026/01/priv...

My take on the new Senate health care privacy proposal. iapp.org/news/a/tryin...

Trying to figure out what I should do with the $4.84 I received in a privacy class action settlement.

Lots of people still don’t understand how HIPAA impacts privacy - reposting as a public service. iapp.org/news/a/a-pub...

We ‘re giving you five minutes back (when a call ends early).

The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.

WSJ quotes corporate GC on corporate distaste for law firms that capitulated to Trump: "if firms facing White House pressure 'don’t have a hard line,' they don’t have any line at all."

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Two exclamation points in the opening paragraph of a fed'l judge's opinion is unusual. Judge Leon enjoins Trump's entire EO against the Wilmer Cutler law firm, going beyond the relief they asked for. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If anyone is wondering, there are 27 exclamation points in Richard Leon's order striking Trump's EO targeting WilmerHale.

One is Trump's.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale

Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump’s order targeting WilmerHale, a law firm associated with his political opposition, was unconstitutional.

Covering the courts for nearly two decades, I've never seen a federal judge tell the government in exclamation-point-punctuating exasperation that an executive order violates the vision of the Framers.

Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale Law Firm (Gift Article) The judge concluded that the firm was targeted over its association with Robert S. Mueller III, and that the order “must be struck down in its entirety.”

BREAKING

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce an order Trump signed in March that had threatened its business.

Looking forward to this discussion

Looking forward to this

During the Army-McCarthy hearings, Hale and Dorr’s Joseph Welch took on pro bono representation of the United States Army in a time when anti-communist sentiment was at its height. Welch’s advocacy—and his famous “Have you no decency, sir” rejoinder—began the process that ended Senator McCarthy’s career.

An excerpt from WilmerHale's filing, about a company predecessor.

They won't roll over, and this gives me hope.

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My latest piece on why health care privacy is a growing mess. Have been thinking about these issues for a long time, finally got them down on paper. iapp.org/news/a/why-h...

All or mostly all republicans right?

Healthcare Privacy 101 and Beyond This webinar will dive into one of the most pressing topics in the privacy space—the increasingly chaotic field of healthcare privacy.

If you have any interest in privacy or health care, or have been or ever might be a patient or know someone who is, you might want to sign up for the is session. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...

I’m guessing not first in their list at this point

Do we think he has any idea how big Canada is?

So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people

Year in Review: The Top Ten US Data Privacy Developments from 2024 2024 was another year of substantial legislative and regulatory advances at the international, federal, and state levels with regard to data protection law. This blog post summarizes the top ten data ...

Our WilmerHale Cyber/Privacy team did a great job in the top privacy law developments from 2024. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...

I wish I had known that earlier. 😊

More confusion for employer group health plans from the new HHS security rule NPRM. Some background (I’ve been writing about this since 2000). www.wiley.law/media/public...

The tummy trilogy (Trillin)

Love an important Christmas week late Friday drop. New HIPAA security rule proposal. www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...

What a great list. Thanks

Weird but not too surprising decision out of the Northern District of Texas (extra credit if you can name the judge) issuing a preliminary injunction about future enforcement of the HIPAA privacy rule provisions on disclosure of reproductive rights information. No enforcement was in play.

All yours to use 😊

Almost every week 😊