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Court Decision May Discourage HIPAA Suits Over Laptop Thefts

Published on Fri Sep 11, 2015

No injury means no lawsuit, court says. Stolen electronic devices are the bane of home care providers’ HIPAA compliance, but at least state courts are helping them out a bit. When a HIPAA breach occurs but the plaintiffs cannot prove an actual injury due to the breach, many state appellate courts are ruling that the plaintiffs have no standing to [...]
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