Lamar Odom & HIPAA: A Kardashian Takeaway for Employers

This post first appeared on Goldberg Segalla’s Professional Liability Matters blog.

Reality television fans and others were saddened recently when news of a Kardashian family member’s overdose hit the news. Lamar Odom, sometime beau of Khloe Kardashian, was hospitalized after the incident, and his privacy was reportedly violated when staffers at the medical center where he was treated took pictures of him. The staffers were immediately fired due to this conduct. Lamar’s plight contains a teachable lesson for those employers who must comply with the …

August 3, 2015 Concussions / NHL

Pulling Back the Curtain: Judge Orders NHL to Produce Medical Records in Concussion Suit

On Friday, a federal judge from Minnesota granted a motion to compel the National Hockey League to produce medical records in a multidistrict concussion lawsuit filed by former NHL players.

The NHL had previously refused to produce such documents unless specific players gave their consent, claiming the information was protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, physician-patient privilege, and the NHL collective bargaining agreement.

The judge opined that the disclosure of such information was permissible as long as …