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- Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz authors Article on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) February 19, 2025
- Failure to Address Implementation in Digital Health Contracts Leads to Disputes January 28, 2025
- FTC Announces Final “Click to Cancel” Rule for Subscriptions, Memberships October 22, 2024
- California Adopts “Click to Cancel” Law to Regulate Consumer Subscriptions October 4, 2024
- Kristie Prinz to Lead New Silicon Valley Group in ProVisors September 12, 2024
- Kristie Prinz to Speak at Practicing Law Institute Program August 21, 2024
- Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz introduces The Prinz Law Office August 20, 2024
- Kristie Prinz Explains Why Companies Should Review Key Customer Contracts in a Sluggish Economy August 16, 2024
- Digital Health Law Blog Kristie Prinz Introduces Self August 13, 2024
- What Constitutes “Digital Health”? August 13, 2024
- Why A Sluggish Economy is the Perfect Time to Audit and Review Key Customer Contracts August 7, 2024
- California Telehealth Policy Coalition Presents Webinar on Cross-State Licensure and Compacts August 6, 2024
- Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz Selected to 2024 Super Lawyers Northern California List August 4, 2024
- The Prinz Law Office Announces New Service Offerings Effective August 1, 2024 August 2, 2024
- What are the Lessons to Be Learned from Today’s Worldwide Technology Disruption Over Software Update? July 19, 2024
- Does Your Digital Health Company Rely on an Annual Paid Monthly Subscription Model? July 18, 2024
- FTC Seeks to Expand Scope of “Negative Option Rule” to Apply to Subscriptions June 27, 2024
- FTC Sues Software Company over Annual Paid Monthly Subscription Contract June 26, 2024
- Digital Health AI Start-Ups Concerned as California’s AI Legislation Moves Closer to Adoption June 8, 2024
- The Prinz Law Office Announces Launch of New Subscription Plans April 6, 2024
- HHS Publishes Proposed Rule Defining Information Blocking Penalties for Medical Providers November 3, 2023
- DEA Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Rules October 11, 2023
- New California Law to Mandate Release of VC Investment Diversity Information October 10, 2023
- FDA Releases Final Guidance on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices October 7, 2023
- HHS Issues Final Rule Implementing Information Blocking Penalties September 20, 2023
- HIPAA Privacy Rule Update on Reproductive Health Anticipated September 20, 2023
- ATA releases Toolkit Intended to Advise on Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare September 19, 2023
- DEA Considers Regulations on the Prescribing of Controlled Substances via Telemedicine September 19, 2023
- New HIPAA Security Rule Assessment Tool Released September 19, 2023
- California Considers Adoption of Controversial Veterinary Telehealth Bill September 13, 2023
- Kristie Prinz to Present on Best Practices in Drafting Digital Health SaaS Contracts to Add & Retain Customers September 1, 2023
- The Risks of Closing a Deal by Signing the Customer Contract January 25, 2023
- Will Your Digital Health Company’s Contracts be Vulnerable to a Recession? December 6, 2022
- Talk with an Expert Series: Beau Fernald Shares Software Implementation Best Practices October 28, 2022
- Best Practices in Drafting Digital Health SaaS Contracts to Add & Retain Customers June 19, 2022
- The Prinz Law Office Adopts New Fixed & Subscription Billing Options May 28, 2022
- FTC Announces Settlement with Twitter Over Deceptive Use of Account Security Data May 26, 2022
- Kristie Prinz Explains Why Not to Use the Term “SaaS License” May 9, 2022
Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz's article titled "Managing the Legal Risks of Artificial Intelligence on Intellectual Property and Confidential Information" has just been published online by the American Psychological Association's Consulting Psychology Journal. Digital access is available for purchase at...
Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz explains in this video recorded 1.22.25 why failure to address implementation in Digital Health software contracts is common cause of disputes.
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has just announced the final version of its “Click to Cancel” Rule for consumer software subscriptions. The Rule will go into effect 180 days after it is published with the Federal Register. This Rule will...
California has just adopted the new "click to cancel" law that will regulate consumer subscriptions, along with memberships and other autorenewing or continuous service arrangements with consumers. AB 2863 amends California’s existing autorenewal law to add additional protections for consumers...
I am pleased to announce that I am a new ProVisors home group leader in the Silicon Valley Region. I will be leading the new Silicon Valley Virtual 1 Group, which will be an all-virtual home group for service providers...
The Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog's Kristie Prinz of The Prinz Law Office will be speaking at an upcoming one-day Practicing Law Institute Program to be held on October 9, 2024 at the PLI headquarters in San Francisco, California....
Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz introduces The Prinz Law Office in this video recorded 8.20.24.
Kristie Prinz explained why companies should review key customer contracts in a sluggish economy in this recording from 8.16.24:
Digital Health Law Blog Kristie Prinz introduces self in video recorded July 2024.
Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz discusses what constitutes "digital health" in this video recorded in February 2022.
It has become increasingly clear over the past few months that businesses are in a cost-cutting mode, as the economy has become more and more sluggish. While your digital health company is likely focusing on its own cost-cutting strategy,...
The California Telehealth Policy Coalition presented a webinar last week on cross-state licensure and compacts, which provided an excellent overview of ongoing efforts in California and other states in facilitating cross-state licensure for physicians and other licensed providers. The webinar...
The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce that Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog's Kristie Prinz has been selected to the 2024 Super Lawyers Northern California list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the...
The Prinz Law Office has recently announced the launch of three new service offerings to our clients, which were effective August 1, 2024. First, we have made available a new fractional counsel services plan for those of our clients seeking...
Kristie Prinz addresses the lessons to be learned from today's worldwide technology breakdown over a software update in this video recorded on 7.19.24.
Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz addressed in this video the FTC’s recent action against a software company over its annual pay monthly software subscription.
As the Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog recently advised you, the FTC has just filed a complaint against a software company over its "Annual Paid Monthly" subscription contract. The FTC has separately also sought the expansion of its "Negative...
The FTC has just taken enforcement action against a software company over its subscription contracting practices, filing a complaint against Adobe over its Annual Paid Monthly subscription contract and its consumer practices regarding the contract. A copy of the...
Many digital health AI start-ups are concerned as California's controversial AI legislation moves closer to adoption by the California legislature. The legislation is SB 1047: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, and it would impose unprecedented...
The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription plan, which is intended to simplify the process of working with a lawyer for companies as well as individuals. The firm’s subscription plans have been been...
The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ("ONC") and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") have just published a proposed rule defining the consequences for medical providers...
The Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), jointly with the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), has announced that the current telemedicine regulations will continue in place through the end of December 31, 2024. To view the full text of the...
Governor Newsom has just signed SB 54, which will require venture capital firms in the state of California to annually report the diversity of founders they are backing. According to Tech Crunch's reporting, SB 54 will result in amendments to...
The Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has issued final guidance to advice developers on their compliance obligations for premarket submissions. To view the FDA's finalized document, please click here: Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG") recently issued on June 27, 2023 its final rule on information blocking penalties. The final rule establishes statutory penalties for committing information blocking of up to a $1...
The final update to the HIPAA Privacy Rule on reproductive health is anticipated to be issued soon by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"). HHS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on April 17, 2023 to solicit comments...
The American Telemedicine Association has just released a new toolkit intended to help with assessing the impact of telehealth on addressing disparities in healthcare among communities. Please click here to view the ATA Press Release, which announces the release and...
The DEA conducted a two day listening session last week to receive practitioner comments on regulations relating to the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine. Transcripts of the public comments are available for viewing at this link: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/Telemedicine_listening_session.html. According to...
If your company is currently subject to, or alternatively, may be subject in the future to HIPAA security requirements, you may be interested to know that the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") and the Office of the National Coordinator for...
The California legislature is currently considering a controversial new telehealth bill that would dramatically expand the access to veterinary care for animal patients located in California. AB 1399 would change California's existing law to permit a veterinarian-client-patient-relationship to be established...
Date: November 14, 2023 Price: $99 General Admission; $125 Late Admission Registration The digital health industry has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increasing number of digital health SaaS transactions. However, given the relative youth of the industry,...
Perhaps one of the very worst decisions I see digital health companies make is negotiating to close a deal by agreeing to sign the customer's contract. While it can potentially save time and upfront legal fees to agree to sign...
If your digital health company is like most companies right now, your company is nervous about the possibility of an impending recession. Of course, the real challenge is how to handle those nerves, and what steps your digital health company...
Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz recently sat down for an interview with Beau Fernald, Fractional COO and Principal of Aware Insights LLC to discuss the topic of software implementation. One of the most common drafting...
The digital health industry has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increasing number of digital health SaaS transactions. However, given the relative youth of the industry, few business lawyers or businesspeople negotiating digital health SaaS transactions are familiar...
I am excited to announce that my firm is adopting a number of new options for working with our clients. We received feedback asking for new fixed rate and subscription packages for specific business scenarios, and in response to that...
The Federal and Trade Commission ("FTC") announced today a settlement with Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") in which Twitter agreed to pay $150 million for its alleged misuse of user account security data, specifically email addresses and phone numbers, for advertising purposes. ...
Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz discusses why not to use the term "SaaS license."
I was recently asked by a client whether arbitration or litigation was "better." The issue had been raised by an attorney on the other side of the contract, who had not only tried to persuade my client to revise the...
Date: June 17, 2022 Time: 10 a.m. PST Price: $175.00 Register How are SaaS agreements unique from other technology contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate and draft them? Silicon Valley SaaS lawyer Kristie Prinz will present an introductory...
Date: May 21, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. PST Price: $699 Register Are you a lawyer who would like to expand your practice niche into the software transactions area? Would you like to know the basics about negotiating and drafting these...
Date: May 23, 2022 Time: 9 a.m. PST Price: $699 Register How are software contracts unique from other business contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate them? Silicon Valley Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be teaching an...
Date: June 6, 2022 Time: 9 a.m. PST Price: $699 Register Are you a lawyer who would like to expand your practice niche into the digital health area? Would you like to know the basics about negotiating and drafting these...
Date: June 18, 2022 Time: 9 a.m. PST Price: $699 Register How are digital health contracts unique from other business contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate them? Silicon Valley Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be teaching...
Date & Time: May 16, 2022, 10 a.m. PST Price: $150 Early Bird, $175 General, $195 Last Minute, $350 Group/Department Register Eventbrite How are digital health contracts unique from other business contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate...
How are digital health contracts unique from other business contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate them? Silicon Valley Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz will present an introductory webinar on May 16th at 10 a.m. PST on “Introduction...
When a client sends me a digital health software agreement to review or update, I always make a priority of reviewing any terms in the contract involving fees and then carefully reviewing the website and any marketing materials or fee...
If your digital health company is like most, you postpone the procurement of insurance policies until you absolutely have to obtain them, expecting to be able to obtain whatever you need on demand. You likely do not consider that not...
What are the key mistakes companies make when negotiating digital health software contracts? First and foremost, the most common mistake I run into negotiations is that companies often end up negotiating with the wrong contract as the starting point. For...
If your digital health company is like most companies these days, you likely set up a software interface and train your customers on how to use the product at the very beginning of the relationship. You probably even charge some...
In my experience, the first sign of a poorly drafted digital health contract is that contract completely confuses the software licensing and SaaS technology models, so that it’s extremely unclear as to what kind of product that the software provider...
Is your digital health software company signing customers to contracts that are based on the appropriate technology contracting model? In digital health contracts (as in software contracts generally), perhaps the single most common issue that gets confused is the difference...
I often find that many digital health companies are unfamiliar with the concept of a service level agreement and have no idea when they might need one. A “service level agreement” or “SLA” is a technical agreement that defines that...
If you work in the software industry, you may be surprised to discover that digital health software products may be subject to regulation by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). Some software is considered a software as a medical device...
Date & Time: December 30, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the continued economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19 and ongoing disruptions to large sectors of the worldwide economy, what are...
Date & Time: December 14, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite How are SaaS agreements unique from other technology contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate and draft them?...
Date & Time: December 8, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the continued economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19 and ongoing disruptions to large sectors of the worldwide economy, what are...
Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog's Kristie Prinz will present a webinar on "Introduction to Negotiating & Drafting SaaS Agreements" on December 14, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST. To learn more about the program or to register, please click here.
Date & Time: April 13, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the rapidly developing changes affecting businesses due to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus infection, and...
Date & Time: April 6, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the rapidly developing changes affecting businesses due to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus infection, and...
Watch on Demand Date & Time: March 31, 2020, 10-11:15 PSTPrice: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on "Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts &...
Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog's Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar on "Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing Customer Relationships" on March 31, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST/ 1 p.m. EST. The program will be hosted...
Silicon Valley Digital Health Law Blog's Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar for Clear Law Institute on "Negotiating SaaS Contracts: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests" on March 23, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST....
Watch on Demand Date & Time: November 21, 2019, 10-11:15 PSTPrice: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on "Legal Developments Impacting the Software Industry in...
Watch on Demand Date & Time: October 8, 2019, 10-11:15 PSTPrice: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on "Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts &...
The CARIN Alliance, which is a coalition of companies from the health and tech industries, has just announced the release of a new standard for sharing health claims data in conjunction with the Blue Button Developers Conference. The announcement is...
If you are a digital health provider, then your company has likely had occasion to negotiate indemnification clauses relating to data breaches. Moreover, your company has probably had to provide warranties around data security or employee bad acts that would...
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