Lessons from the Most Recent OCR HIPAA Settlement

On June 2, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced another settlement of an enforcement action in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative. This is the...

DOJ Releases Its 2022 Budget Request

On May 28, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release addressing President Joe Biden’s submitted budget request for Fiscal Year 2022.  The request included $35.3 billion in funding for the Department of Justice.  The budget reflects some of the changes in...