Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Alexander K. Haas | King & Spalding LLP

On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued a long-anticipated Executive Order[1] concerning cybersecurity entitled Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The Executive Order marks a major milestone in the federal government’s effort to guard against the growing cyber threat, but...

Healthcare

Diana M. Giampiccolo | Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects the privacy and security of certain protected health information, or PHI. HIPAA applies to “covered entities” and their “business associates.” “Covered entities” are healthcare...

Corporate Counsel

Laurel G. Bellows | American Bar Association

Editor: What were the origins of your interest in the American Bar Association? What motivated you to undertake the arduous task of serving as its president? Bellows: My roots run deep in the local bar. As president of the Chicago Bar Association (from 1991 to 1992), I was fortunate to become...