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On April 14, the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) went into effect, requiring compliance from 'health plans,' 'health care clearinghouses' and most 'health care providers' (collectively, covered entities).
The Act includes some flexibility for small plans to reach compliance. For instance, the April 14 deadline applied to all health plans with more than $5 million in annual premiums; plans with $5 million in annual premiums or less must comply by April 14, 2004.
Such entities must comply with HIPAA's standards for electronic health care transactions ' unless the entity received an extension ' and adhere to the Act's privacy rule.
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?