Kirk N.
@kirkjnahra.bsky.social
I’m a privacy, security and AI lawyer with WilmerHale in DC. I also teach privacy law at the Washington College of Law and other law schools. Proud husband and father of two. Active tennis player. Love restaurants. Knows how to spell HIPAA.
My take on the new Senate health care privacy proposal. iapp.org/news/a/tryin...
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iapp.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My take on the new Senate health care privacy proposal. iapp.org/news/a/tryin...
Trying to figure out what I should do with the $4.84 I received in a privacy class action settlement.
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trying to figure out what I should do with the $4.84 I received in a privacy class action settlement.
Lots of people still don’t understand how HIPAA impacts privacy - reposting as a public service. iapp.org/news/a/a-pub...
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iapp.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Lots of people still don’t understand how HIPAA impacts privacy - reposting as a public service. iapp.org/news/a/a-pub...
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WSJ quotes corporate GC on corporate distaste for law firms that capitulated to Trump: "if firms facing White House pressure 'don’t have a hard line,' they don’t have any line at all."
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The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.
www.wsj.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
WSJ quotes corporate GC on corporate distaste for law firms that capitulated to Trump: "if firms facing White House pressure 'don’t have a hard line,' they don’t have any line at all."
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Two exclamation points in the opening paragraph of a fed'l judge's opinion is unusual. Judge Leon enjoins Trump's entire EO against the Wilmer Cutler law firm, going beyond the relief they asked for. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Two exclamation points in the opening paragraph of a fed'l judge's opinion is unusual. Judge Leon enjoins Trump's entire EO against the Wilmer Cutler law firm, going beyond the relief they asked for. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If anyone is wondering, there are 27 exclamation points in Richard Leon's order striking Trump's EO targeting WilmerHale.
One is Trump's.
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@zoetillman.bsky.social
One is Trump's.
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May 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If anyone is wondering, there are 27 exclamation points in Richard Leon's order striking Trump's EO targeting WilmerHale.
One is Trump's.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
@zoetillman.bsky.social
One is Trump's.
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@zoetillman.bsky.social
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Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump’s order targeting WilmerHale, a law firm associated with his political opposition, was unconstitutional.
Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump’s order targeting WilmerHale, a law firm associated with his political opposition, was unconstitutional.
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Covering the courts for nearly two decades, I've never seen a federal judge tell the government in exclamation-point-punctuating exasperation that an executive order violates the vision of the Framers.
Another federal judge STRIKES DOWN Trump's order targeting a law firm for political retribution — this time, using exclamation marks twice in the introduction to emphasize that the executive order is against the Founding Fathers' vision.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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May 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Covering the courts for nearly two decades, I've never seen a federal judge tell the government in exclamation-point-punctuating exasperation that an executive order violates the vision of the Framers.
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BREAKING
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce an order Trump signed in March that had threatened its business.
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce an order Trump signed in March that had threatened its business.
Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale Law Firm (Gift Article)
The judge concluded that the firm was targeted over its association with Robert S. Mueller III, and that the order “must be struck down in its entirety.”
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May 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce an order Trump signed in March that had threatened its business.
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce an order Trump signed in March that had threatened its business.
Looking forward to this discussion
Webinar – The New Anatomy of Health Privacy Law (Tues, May 13, 2 PM ET) register free: teachprivacy.com/webinar-the-... @Daniel-Solove.bsky.social chats with @kirkjnahra.bsky.social
Webinar: The New Anatomy of Health Privacy Law
The New Anatomy of Health Privacy Law Tues, May 13, 2025, at 2 PM ET Health privacy law is currently a vast, complicated, and changing landscape of many
teachprivacy.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Looking forward to this discussion
Looking forward to this
Webinar – The New Anatomy of Health Privacy Law (Tues, May 13, 2 PM ET) register free: teachprivacy.com/webinar-the-... @Daniel-Solove.bsky.social chats with @kirkjnahra.bsky.social
Webinar: The New Anatomy of Health Privacy Law
The New Anatomy of Health Privacy Law Tues, May 13, 2025, at 2 PM ET Health privacy law is currently a vast, complicated, and changing landscape of many
teachprivacy.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Looking forward to this
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An excerpt from WilmerHale's filing, about a company predecessor.
They won't roll over, and this gives me hope.
They won't roll over, and this gives me hope.
March 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An excerpt from WilmerHale's filing, about a company predecessor.
They won't roll over, and this gives me hope.
They won't roll over, and this gives me hope.
My latest piece on why health care privacy is a growing mess. Have been thinking about these issues for a long time, finally got them down on paper. iapp.org/news/a/why-h...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My latest piece on why health care privacy is a growing mess. Have been thinking about these issues for a long time, finally got them down on paper. iapp.org/news/a/why-h...
If you have any interest in privacy or health care, or have been or ever might be a patient or know someone who is, you might want to sign up for the is session. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
Healthcare Privacy 101 and Beyond
This webinar will dive into one of the most pressing topics in the privacy space—the increasingly chaotic field of healthcare privacy.
www.wilmerhale.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you have any interest in privacy or health care, or have been or ever might be a patient or know someone who is, you might want to sign up for the is session. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
Do we think he has any idea how big Canada is?
February 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Do we think he has any idea how big Canada is?
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So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
Our WilmerHale Cyber/Privacy team did a great job in the top privacy law developments from 2024. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
Year in Review: The Top Ten US Data Privacy Developments from 2024
2024 was another year of substantial legislative and regulatory advances at the international, federal, and state levels with regard to data protection law. This blog post summarizes the top ten data ...
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January 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our WilmerHale Cyber/Privacy team did a great job in the top privacy law developments from 2024. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
More confusion for employer group health plans from the new HHS security rule NPRM. Some background (I’ve been writing about this since 2000). www.wiley.law/media/public...
www.wiley.law
December 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM
More confusion for employer group health plans from the new HHS security rule NPRM. Some background (I’ve been writing about this since 2000). www.wiley.law/media/public...
Love an important Christmas week late Friday drop. New HIPAA security rule proposal. www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
www.hhs.gov
December 27, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Love an important Christmas week late Friday drop. New HIPAA security rule proposal. www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
Weird but not too surprising decision out of the Northern District of Texas (extra credit if you can name the judge) issuing a preliminary injunction about future enforcement of the HIPAA privacy rule provisions on disclosure of reproductive rights information. No enforcement was in play.
December 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Weird but not too surprising decision out of the Northern District of Texas (extra credit if you can name the judge) issuing a preliminary injunction about future enforcement of the HIPAA privacy rule provisions on disclosure of reproductive rights information. No enforcement was in play.
Always enjoy trying to capture a year of chaos in the development of privacy law. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
PLI's Fundamentals of Privacy Law 2024
Partner Kirk Nahra will lead the opening panel at this year’s program titled “Privacy Law: The Big Picture Overview."
www.wilmerhale.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Always enjoy trying to capture a year of chaos in the development of privacy law. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
a brief discussion of the recent California enforcement actions involving data brokers. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
CPPA Enforces Data Broker Rules
In the past month, the CPPA announced a public investigative sweep of data broker regulatory compliance and reached settlements with two data broker companies just a couple weeks after.
www.wilmerhale.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
a brief discussion of the recent California enforcement actions involving data brokers. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
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A lot of blame going around for Trump escaping criminal accountability. But let’s be real: John Roberts & conservatives on the Supreme Court own this. They intentionally protected Trump: ignoring the facts, twisting the law and — for the first time in history — making an American president above it.
November 25, 2024 at 10:50 PM
A lot of blame going around for Trump escaping criminal accountability. But let’s be real: John Roberts & conservatives on the Supreme Court own this. They intentionally protected Trump: ignoring the facts, twisting the law and — for the first time in history — making an American president above it.
some thoughts on the HHS OCR audit program. I have no real sense that this is worth trying to save (and especially expand). Would focus more on useful guidance, particularly from previous enforcement activities. www.govinfosecurity.com/watchdog-rep...
Watchdog Report: HHS OCR Should Beef-Up HIPAA Audit Program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights should restart and toughen the scope of its HIPAA audits. A watchdog agency says HHS needs
www.govinfosecurity.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:01 PM
some thoughts on the HHS OCR audit program. I have no real sense that this is worth trying to save (and especially expand). Would focus more on useful guidance, particularly from previous enforcement activities. www.govinfosecurity.com/watchdog-rep...