John Christiansen

Christiansen IT Law provides information technology-related legal services to healthcare and financial organizations, technology services companies, governmental agencies and professional services firms. The practice was formed by nationally-known and widely-respected information technology attorney John R. Christiansen after many years in large, national law and consulting firm practice, to provide service more directly, flexibly and creatively. Christiansen IT Law services include: * Electronic medical and health records ('EMR' and 'EHR') acquisition, services contracting, risk management and regulatory compliance. * Regional health information organization ('RHIO') and other clinical data sharing arrangement formation, governance, contracting, risk management and regulatory compliance. * Application services provider ('ASP') and other outsourced information services hosting, services level and related agreements, risk management and regulatory compliance, for both vendors and purchasers. * Privacy, security and information protection compliance under HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, FTC and other consumer protection standards, and European Union and other international, federal and state laws. * Information system controls auditing and assesment support and analysis for purpose of Sarbanes-Oxley and related regulatory and reporting compliance. * Security and breach of privacy incident response planning, support and strategic and tactical analysis. * Due diligence review and analysis in mergers, acquisitions and other transactions involving protected information and critical information systems. * Electronic signature, contracting and authentication solution development, implementation and management. * Litigation and other dispute resolution support and expert witness services in cases involving privacy, security, electronic signatures, electronic contracting and records, and information systems contracting and management.