Foxcast Legal Listening

Partner Robert Whitehill highlights the legal issues and occasional risks that foreign medical residents pursuing their medical careers in the United States may confront on their pathway to permanent residency.

Bill Maruca provides insight into the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

John covers some of the basic legal aspects of franchising, including issues of control, trademark and tax concerns, fees and agreements between franchisors and franchisees, state regulation and oversight and the all-important Franchise Disclosure Document.

Consumers express great concern regarding their online privacy and what companies and other “aggregators” of information are doing with the information they collect on the web. The stakes are high and come with substantial risks -- including a loss of consumer confidence in the brand, investigations from state and federal authorities and lawsuits from aggrieved parties -- if franchisors and other companies have incomplete policies and noncompliant practices. In this podcast, John covers the critical steps organizations can take to protect themselves in connection to their online tracking and collection activities.

Data breaches are on the rise for companies both small and large – and authorities in Washington, DC, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), are taking action. One type of breach that has become particularly bothersome to the FTC involves peer-to-peer, or P2P, networks.

Join John R. Gotaskie as he discusses this growing concern in his latest podcast. Using the recent example of Franklin Toyota, a Georgia car dealership that was hit with a breach, as his backdrop, John discusses how companies can steer clear of running afoul of the law and comply with federal regulations.

In this podcast, John explains why organizations (including franchise organizations) should have a clearly articulated plan – one that includes full disclosure to customers – for the deployment of any software that can collect data on customers. The FTC is closely scrutinizing computer and data security issues, even in the absence of new mandates from Congress, which could put companies at risk.

Fox Partner Josh Horn, co-chair of the firm’s Securities Industry Practice, explains the real meaning of the “e” in e-mail, and the ramifications of this “email equation” for brokers, advisers and other financial industry professionals.

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Fox Rothschild LLP is a national law firm with nearly 600 attorneys practicing in 19 offices coast to coast. Our lawyers provide a full range of legal services to public and private companies – from family-run businesses to multinational corporations. We also represent charitable, medical and educational institutions both in the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide. In our podcasts, the attorneys of Fox share their insight and knowledge on some of today’s most pertinent legal issues impacting individuals and businesses.