Physicians struggle to make money in the current health care environment. Taking care of patients just does not pay the bills like it used to anymore—and provides a lousy business model. Employed physicians make a salary with limited bonus opportunities […]
In issuing the order, the court inserted itself in the debate between national security and security in one’s own private, personal information. But the court didn’t rely on some post-9/11 counterterrorism statute for its authority, but instead on […]
A Tarrant County District Court just awarded $1.3 million in sanctions against a plaintiff who had brought a lawsuit claiming defamation and cyberstalking against several defendants alleging they had posted threatening language against the plaintiff […]
Read my latest post on The Doctor's Advocate blog, where I talk about how physicians need to increase their cybersecurity in 2016.
In 2015, the health care industry faced a wave of cyberattacks greater than in any previous year, with IBM reporting that close to 100 million records were compromised. Personal medical records now sell for a much higher price than credit cards on the […]
Director Tom Ciarlone will present at the Texas Lawyers' Energy Summit on Wednesday, December 2nd at the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Houston, Texas. Tom will be presenting on Hot Topics in Energy Litigation: Defusing Oil-and-Gas Class Actions (Before […]
Even more disconcerting, there is a Texas case that supports an argument that the "buy-out" option may actually be turned into a penalty that must be paid by the physician. A physician has a statutory right for an arbitrator to determine the reasonableness […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act—a bill that expands protections to companies that choose to share cybersecurity data with the government. A Wall Street Journal editorial described the bill’s concept: “ […]
The "buy-out" price of the non-compete can be unilaterally set by the employer in the contract, and thus typically bear no real relationship to the employer's true economic loss of goodwill when the physician leaves. I have recently seen three times […]
Cyber Theft of Corporate Secrets seems more likely to be found in a movie script than in the real world. But, cyber theft has been estimated to cost American companies tens of billions of dollars annually.[1] President Obama has gone so far as to […]
With the large amount of money that financial institutions pour into cyber security every year, it is unnerving to realize that the simple click of a smartphone’s digital shutter could easily steal sensitive information. Every carefully implemented […]
During October’s National Cyber Security Awareness month, government agencies like the Department of Homeland Security, educational institutions, and private entities like the National Cyber Security Alliance, took steps to raise awareness and to educate […]