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Change Healthcare Cyberattack: Avoid, Safeguard, and Mitigate

On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare (a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group), one of the largest health care technology companies in the United States, was hit with a cyberattack that disabled operations and hampered billing and payment operations and other processes across the health care industry. In this podcast, Zachary Cohen and Philip Hammarberg discuss the Change Healthcare cyberattack and the steps that a medical provider can take to attempt to mitigate their risk from future cyberattacks.

Garfunkel Wild Health Care IT Podcast - Ransomware Attack and Hospital Downtime Issues: Interview with an Impacted Physician.

This episode of the Garfunkel Wild Health Care IT Podcast features an interview with a physician who was impacted by a hospital ransomware attack. The discussion explores the realities faced by hospital physicians during such attacks, with a focus on identifying critical challenges and pain points.

The FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Competes - What Does It Mean?

The Federal Trade Commission  ("FTC") has proposed a rule to ban non-compete agreements. The proposed rule is the one issued on January 5th, 2023 by the FTC that would prohibit employers from entering into non-competes with workers, including independent contractors. 

Health Information Technology Podcast - Termination and Transition Periods

In this Health IT podcast we discuss contract termination and transition periods for healthcare related contracts.

What to do if you receive a trademark infringement cease and desist letter.

This podcast discusses, at a high level, what a company should do if it receives a cease and desist letter alleging trademark infringement.

Rights and Issues Associated with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Understanding The Difference Between Patent, Copyright And Trademark Protection

In order to properly protect your company’s intellectual property rights, it’s important to understand the differences between patents copyrights and trademarks.  It is also important to understand which intellectual property rights can receive common law protection without registration, and which types of intellectual property require registration or issuance.  This podcast will help you understand those distinctions.

No Click Hacks – Pegasus Spyware

No Click Hacks – Pegasus Spyware
In this podcast, we discuss the risks associated with no click hack vulnerabilities, and the best practices to contractually address this unusual, but serious vulnerability.