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Earlier this week, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was ordered to pay a staggering $4,348,000.00 in order to resolve HIPAA violations from data breaches occurring in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The extremity of the penalties is explained by the fact that the data breaches were completely preventable.
Generally,
From the inception of an initial pleading until the final word of closing arguments, attorneys constantly assess, reassess, and re-reassess the “value” of their case based on each new piece of information that is introduced. While the term “value” can have any number of meanings (i.e., final ownership of a patent, full custody of a child,
“A robot may not harm a human being or, through inaction,
allow a human being to come to harm.”
Science fiction author Isaac Asimov penned this rule as the first of his Three Laws of Robotics in the 1940s. While both the concept and actual potential of robots has vastly changed since Mr. Asimov’s time,
In a not so distant past, people would look at me with expressions of concern as I attempted to verbally coerce my computer into not crashing as I submitted by term paper minutes before the deadline. While talking to inanimate objects used to be a sign for concern, nowadays it is an everyday occurrence
Today’s technology behemoths are working hard on making your home smarter by utilizing and expanding the Internet of Things. Homes of the future, after detecting when you wake up, will open the curtains in your home, start your coffee maker, and turn on the lights. When your future home detects that you are walking up
Starting at a young age, we were all taught the importance of volunteering. It is instilled in our minds that volunteering makes you a “good person.” People today volunteer for a variety of different reasons, whether it is due to a deep belief in a specific cause, for some karmic credit, due to a court
I can still vividly recall the tortured expression that appeared on my Starbucks barista’s face as I ordered the Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino on the final day of its availability. At first, I didn’t fully understand why he gave me that look. However, after I was handed the pink and blue beverage following fifteen minutes of
You can’t set a timer for the new arbitration clause
Self-destructing images and videos, once thought to only be found in the Mission: Impossible universe, can easily be created and dispersed by individuals through the popular social networking app called Snapchat. Owned by Snap, Inc., the app has come a long way since its humble
Imagine, if you will, a door. Through that door is your computer, a device you sat in front of for most of the previous evening in order to finish up a project for work. You are scheduled to make a big presentation on the project in a few hours. As you walk to the computer,
