The Steptoe & Johnson Privacy Team is comprised of a cross-section of attorneys representing a number of practice areas including employment, litigation, business, and healthcare. Our privacy attorneys have assisted clients with a variety of privacy-related issues including:
Employment-related privacy issues
- Provide general counseling services
- Provide advice regarding the collection and maintenance of employee information
- Provide advice regarding employee monitoring issues
FERPA: (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) Assist with issues involving the access and disclosure of education records
Financial privacy issues
Freedom of Information Act issues
General Litigation: Defend against claims of, for example, HIPAA violations, employment-related matters involving the use/disclosure of personal information, FERPA violations, and common law invasion of privacy claims
General Privacy
- Assist with responding to requests for records (e.g., patient access, authorizations, subpoenas, warrants, court orders, etc.)
- Assist with privacy issues in business transactions (e.g., ownership of medical records and access rights in physician practice acquisition)
- Draft privacy policies for the collection, maintenance, use, and/or disclosure of individually identifiable information
- Make presentations/provide training on privacy-related issues
Health Care
- Assist with compliance with HIPAA regulations including drafting/reviewing privacy policies and procedures, Business Associate Agreements, authorizations, and Notices of Privacy Practices
- Assist with internal investigations, responding to, and/or reporting security incidents/breaches
- Assist with responding to HIPAA-related investigations and/or complaints from the Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human
- Conduct training on HIPAA-related topics