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THE IDENTITIES OF THE SUBJECTS OF TWO SCHOLARLY ARTICLES LINKING TALCUM-POWDER PRODUCTS WITH MESOTHELIOMA SHOULD BE RELEASED; THE INFORMATION IS NOT PROTECTED BY HIPAA OR THE FEDERAL COMMON RULE; PRODUCTION OF THE INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE UNDULY BURDENSOME AND WOULD NOT DETER FUTURE RESEARCH (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court’s denial of a petition to enforce an out-of-state subpoena, determined the identities of the subjects of two scholarly articles linking cosmetic talcum powder products with mesothelioma were not protected by HIPAA’s privacy rule or the federal Common Rule:

The information sought by the subpoenas … is clearly relevant to the underlying New Jersey personal injury action. It goes directly to the credibility of these articles, which speak to the central issues in dispute and are relied on by three testifying experts, and whose author was to testify as an expert until she voluntarily withdrew … .

The information sought by the subpoenas is not protected from disclosure by HIPAA’s privacy rule, which does not apply where, as here, the health care providers did not provide physician services in connection with the articles and the subjects were never their patients … .

The information sought by the subpoenas is also not protected from disclosure by the federal Common Rule because the articles to which they relate fall within the exemption for secondary research based on publicly available identifiable private information or biospecimens … .The burden was on the party opposing the subpoenas to prove that this information was produced in the underlying litigations subject to a protective order … . Neither party opposing disclosure of the information has offered any such proof.

Production of the information sought by the subpoenas would not be unduly burdensome, nor is it likely to have a chilling effect on future medical research. The subject information consists of just a few pages, is easily located, does not concern ongoing research, and does not reveal the unpublished thought processes of the researchers. Moreover, the subjects never actually agreed to participate in any research, having released their information in connection with public litigation, and so it is unclear how allowing disclosure of their identities might deter future research participation … . Matter of Johnson & Johnson v Northwell Health Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 04909, First Dept 10-8-24

Practice Point: The decision outlines the issues involved in seeking the identities of the subjects of two scholarly articles linking talcum-powder products with mesothelioma.

 

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