Crisis Management and Workplace Disasters
When a crisis threatens to disrupt, or even shut down business, Reinhart's Crisis Management and Workplace Disasters legal service steps in. Our skilled interdisciplinary team quickly provides solutions for operating under difficult circumstances. We have helped clients continue operating after fires and other disasters, or even surprise inspections.
Most companies today utilize information technology, such as networks and telephone and Internet service, in a mission-critical manner. Interruption or threats to technology can inflict harmful results on a company's productivity. In addition, physical threats such as local, regional or terrorist-related disasters can also severely threaten a company's bottom line.
Our Crisis Management and Workplace Disasters attorneys have extensive experience in safety and health regulations compliance, identifying criminal and civil liability issues, coordinating government resources and advising communities on emergency planning. The attorneys have leadership experience in such positions as Assistant United States Attorney in both Criminal and Civil Divisions, Appointee to Governor Scott McCallum's Task Force on Terrorism Preparedness, secretary of the Southeast Wisconsin Bioterrorism Preparedness Group, Inc., member of the HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin, member of the Waukesha County Local Emergency Planning Committee and general counsel of a Web site software developer.
Reinhart's Crisis Management and Workplace Disasters attorneys come from several practice areas within the firm, including OSHA, Environmental, Health Care, Litigation and Business Law. Their combined expertise and experience allows them to provide comprehensive analysis of a business' current security measures, to implement appropriate safeguards, and to respond safely and quickly should dangers occur. We work to foster collaboration among public and private entities, community partners and stakeholders to ensure safety resources are efficiently utilized.
Disaster Prevention and Related Services
We work with clients to identify potential risks for disaster and measures they can take to mitigate these risks. Together with clients' management and key stakeholders, we develop business continuation plans. We collaborate on behalf of clients with municipal, state and federal officials to identify existing resources for disaster response and streamline security efforts. Finally, we counsel clients on insurance coverage.
Hotsite Agreements
Smaller or less diversified companies generally do not have the capability to provide their own technology backup and require a "hotsite," or remote location to run their operations, in the event of a disaster rendering the main facility unusable. Using experience and judgment to consider location, confidentiality issues, equipping and accessing the hotsite and the diversity of the hotsite provider's client base, Reinhart will identify a proper hotsite provider for a client and will prepare the agreement between the two parties.
Health Care Data Security
Automation of health care information management has increased concerns about the security of such data in the health care industry. The government's response to this concern was the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) privacy regulations and security rule. The Security Rule, published by the Department of Health and Human Services, focuses on internal and external security threats and vulnerabilities, such as breakthrough of network firewalls, e-mail viruses and compromise of passwords, to name a few. Reinhart has extensively counseled clients in matters of HIPAA compliance, and is an authority on the HIPAA Security Rule. Reinhart will coach clients on the Security Rule and implement safeguards that meet and exceed HIPAA standards.