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April 05, 2024   
Health Law Weekly

Fourth Circuit Rejects Federal Immunity Defense in Data Breach Lawsuit

  • April 05, 2024

A nonprofit community health center that receives federal grant funds was not immune as an employee under the Public Health Services (PHS) Act from a lawsuit brought by a former patient whose personal data was compromised in a 2020 cyberattack, the Fourth Circuit held March 29.

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