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Thursday April 7
2016
 How to Litigate an HIV Confidentiality Case in New York

This two-hour training will provide guidance on how to navigate issues central to most HIV confidentiality cases. It includes a brief overview of New York’s HIV confidentiality statute and other relevant privacy laws, as well as a review of administrative and litigation remedies.  Participants will learn strategies necessary to counsel clients about options, choose legal claims, calculate damages, proceed under a pseudonym, and complete necessary forms. By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Counsel individual clients who have experienced HIV confidentiality breaches about the pros and cons of different remedies;

2. State where to access sample forms and further help;

3. Identify administrative remedies and litigation strategies for HIV privacy breaches. 

Audience:  While much of the training is geared toward plaintiff’s attorneys (and other advocates) in HIV confidentiality breach matters, the training also is appropriate for counsel to health care providers, social service agencies, and other entities subject to HIV privacy laws.

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  • When
    Thursday, April 7, 2016
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location
    Legal Services NYC - Central
    40 Worth St., 6th floor
    New York, NY 10013
  • CLE Credits
    Skills: 1.00
    Areas of Professional Practice: 1.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Practice Skills
  • Price: $120

About the Faculty

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    Sally Friedman (Speaker)

    Sally Friedman is the Legal Director of the Legal Action Center, a non-profit law firm specializing in legal and policy issues relating to HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, and criminal justice. Since joining the Center in 1993, Ms. Friedman has successfully litigated many cases challenging HIV privacy breaches and discrimination, as well as discrimination based on criminal justice history and drug addiction/alcoholism. Ms. Friedman has extensive experience conducting trainings and authoring publications on the privacy of HIV and substance use disorder treatment information, as well as on anti-discrimination laws. Prior to joining the Legal Action Center, Ms. Friedman spent two years as a commercial litigator at the New York law firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen, Kamin and Frankel. In 1991, she graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law, and in 1981, graduated phi beta kappa from Brown University.