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Kirk N.

@kirkjnahra.bsky.social
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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.

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WilmerHale @wilmerhale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In our latest Privacy and Cybersecurity Law blog post, @kirkjnahra.bsky.social and team explain why the Seventh Circuit concluded that text messages are not "telephone calls" and what the ruling could mean for #TCPA litigation and compliance programs going forward. wilmerhale.law/4gk8PlF
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Seventh Circuit Rules that Text Messages are not Telephone Calls Under TCPA's Private Right of Action
The Seventh Circuit's decision in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services held that text messages are not “telephone calls” under the TCPA's private right of action for do-not-call violations, creating a potentially significant defense for businesses ...
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WilmerHale @wilmerhale.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It just got riskier—and pricier—to be a data broker in California. The CPPA brought its first-ever enforcement actions under the Delete Act and hiked the registration fee to $9,500. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social, @wilmerhale.bsky.social lawyers share what companies need to know: wilmerhale.law/4xVAPlK
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California Data Broker Updates
California is raising the stakes through its continuing enforcement activities involving data brokers.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
How do I summarize the entire practice of privacy and security law in five minutes?
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Odds of this new #privacy proposal leading to a national privacy law this year?
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
My article about why every lawyer and every business should be paying attention to privacy and security issues. businesslawtoday.org/2026/01/priv...
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Privacy and Security Law for Business Lawyers - Business Law Today from ABA
Privacy and security law now impacts essentially any business of any size in any industry anywhere in the country (and really the world).
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
My take on the new Senate health care privacy proposal. iapp.org/news/a/tryin...
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Trying to figure out what I should do with the $4.84 I received in a privacy class action settlement.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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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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.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/05/2025
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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Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 27/05/2025
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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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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.
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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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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Looking forward to this discussion
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Looking forward to this
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Judy Lee @judylee.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
An excerpt from WilmerHale's filing, about a company predecessor. They won't roll over, and this gives me hope.
During the Army-McCarthy hearings, Hale and Dorr’s Joseph Welch took on pro bono
representation of the United States Army in a time when anti-communist sentiment was at its
height. Welch’s advocacy—and his famous “Have you no decency, sir” rejoinder—began the
process that ended Senator McCarthy’s career.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
wilmerHaleproud
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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/...
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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.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Do we think he has any idea how big Canada is?
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Rob Larson @ironicprofessor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Our WilmerHale Cyber/Privacy team did a great job in the top privacy law developments from 2024. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
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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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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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...
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Love an important Christmas week late Friday drop. New HIPAA security rule proposal. www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Always enjoy trying to capture a year of chaos in the development of privacy law. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
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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."
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
a brief discussion of the recent California enforcement actions involving data brokers. www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/...
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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.
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Anthony Coley @anthonycoley.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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...
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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
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Pleased (and proud) to be able to present on health privacy issues at the AHLA Fundamentals of Health Law program with my son Joe Nahra in attendance.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Quite a good list
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Traveling to Chicago to teach a group of new health lawyers why they need to have a core understanding of health care privacy issues.
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Anyone else having issues with “invalid handle” in one’s profile?
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
What privacy rules are likely to get overturned in 2025? I’m thinking the HIPAA Dobbs changes and the FTC Health Breach notification rule will be in the list. What else?
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Kirk N. @kirkjnahra.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Ok. A first #privacy tip. Remember - it’s spelled HIPAA
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