Media Mentions

Vanessa Kelly, June 14 – Washington Post’s Court blocks enforcement of Title IX rules protecting transgender students

“I think it’s going to be a jumbled mess,” said Vanessa Kelly, an attorney who co-chairs the Title IX and Campus Discipline group at the law firm Clark Hill. “You could be left with this patchwork.”

R. Kevin Williams, June 10 – Law360’s How Cannabis Rescheduling May Alter Paraphernalia Imports

Through a notice of proposed rulemaking issued by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration, the Biden administration has proposed to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance.

John Howard, June 1 – Healthcare Risk Management’s OCR Investigates Change Healthcare After Major Cyber Incident

The wide impact of the attack and the seemingly slow response of Change Healthcare apparently prompted the OCR investigation, says John F. Howard, JD, senior attorney with the Clark Hill law firm in Scottsdale, AZ.

“What I think is pretty telling is how long it took them to respond and recover, which is essentially, I think, what also got OCR’s attention. This is shutting everybody down, and it took them two weeks to get fixes in place that would allow the health system in which they are a huge player to start to function again,” he says. “So that’s a huge red flag.”

Peter Berk, May 30 – Destination CRM’s Tips for Auditing Your Company’s Data Privacy and Security Protocols

“It is vitally important for companies to pay attention to security and privacy as it relates to customer data that they collect,” says Peter Berk, a senior attorney with Clark Hill, a law firm with locations across the United States, Ireland, and Mexico. “There are numerous legal requirements surrounding the collection, use, and protection of that data, and failure to follow those requirements can result in liability. Additionally, failures in security and privacy can result in a significant negative public relations impact.”

Joann Needleman, May 23 – Law360’s CFPB’s 1st Try At BNPL Regulation Could Set Stage For More

Joann Needleman, leader of the financial services regulatory and compliance practice at Clark Hill PLC, said it could accordingly prove “very expensive” for BNPL firms to comply with those standards, not to mention challenging, due to differences in how the average pay-in-four BNPL loan and credit cards work.

Nicole Phatak and Julie Patter, May 3 – Legal Intelligencer’s Using Charitable Giving to Enhance Estate Planning

It is important for every estate planner to discuss charitable giving strategies with their clients, including the benefits and potential pitfalls of the most common methods of charitable giving.

Patricia Hamill, May 1 – Law.com’s In a Flurry of Title IX Lawsuits, One Stands Out to Challenge Rollback of Students’ Rights

“The concern, of course, is that institutions, given a choice, will offer processes that are less robust. But this could be shortsighted on the part of institutions as fewer protections for accused students will inevitably lead to more litigation, which could lead to greater cost for institutions,” Patricia Hamill, a member at Clark Hill, told Law.com.