A Texas federal court just shook the foundation of HIPAA’s reproductive health privacy protections — but the Supreme Court may have the final word. In a sweeping decision, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk vacated key provisions of the 2024 Reproductive Health Rule, stripping away national safeguards on disclosing reproductive health information. Yet, a recent SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. CASA, Inc. could rein in the reach of that decision. What does this mean for healthcare providers, insurers, and patients navigating a patchwork of federal and state privacy laws?  More…

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Photo of Joseph J. Lazzarotti Joseph J. Lazzarotti

Joe has had the honor of being a part of the AmLaw 100, nationwide law firm, Jackson Lewis, which has 60+ offices around the country, for nearly 25 years. After practicing in the northeast for most of his career, Joe is resident in…

Joe has had the honor of being a part of the AmLaw 100, nationwide law firm, Jackson Lewis, which has 60+ offices around the country, for nearly 25 years. After practicing in the northeast for most of his career, Joe is resident in the firm’s growing Tampa office.

In 2005, as an associate, Joe founded and currently co-leads the firm’s national privacy, cybersecurity, and AI practice groups, which touts 25+ attorneys navigating complex and emerging challenges, particularly around the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information, the deployment of artificial intelligence, and overall governance, risk and compliance in these areas, including FTCA, HIPAA, NIST, CCPA, CPRA, BIPA, GIPA, NY SHIELD, CIPA, etc. Joe has handled hundreds of data breaches, stood up cybersecurity compliance programs, and established AI governance programs.

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Photo of Melissa Ostrower Melissa Ostrower

Melissa Ostrower is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits practice group. She counsels clients in a broad range of employee benefit matters, including general compliance and administration of…

Melissa Ostrower is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits practice group. She counsels clients in a broad range of employee benefit matters, including general compliance and administration of qualified retirement plans and nonqualified retirement plans.

Melissa assists clients with welfare plan issues involving cafeteria plans, health plans, flexible spending accounts, COBRA and the Affordable Care Act. She regularly speaks on all benefits issues including federal health care reform, fiduciary compliance and executive compensation.

Melissa regularly advises on executive compensation matters, including issues related to compliance with Section 409A, 162(m) and 280G of the Internal Revenue Code.

Melissa represents clients in connection with Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor audits and information requests. She also regularly assists clients in fixing plan operational and document errors. Melissa negotiates with benefits providers, volume submitter and prototype vendors, TPAs, insurers and auditors.

Melissa also advises clients in connection with phantom and equity based compensation arrangements.

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