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M. Leeann Habte, Esq. is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of its Health Care Industry Team and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practice. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional. A former director at UCLA and the Minnesota Department of Health, she has practical experience in developing and implementing health care data privacy and security policies and procedures, managing IT resources, and human subjects’ protection compliance. Ms. Habte has advised a variety of health care clients, including hospitals, health plans, medical device companies, pharmacies, and electronic health record (EHR) and other computer software companies. In addition to her law degree, Ms. Habte holds a Masters degree in mass communications.

Matthew A. Karlyn, Esq. is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he is a member of its Information Technology & Outsourcing practice group and its Privacy, Security and Information Management practice group. He has extensive experience with transactions related to outsourcing and information technology including business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing, HR outsourcing, legal process outsourcing, technology licensing, cloud computing, systems integration and software development. He also advices companies with respect to privacy, security and information management matters, compliance with federal and state laws, and drafting and implementing privacy and security policies and standards. In addition to his law degree, Mr. Karlyn has a MBA from the University of Chicago, and he has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, an honor given to the top 2.5% of Massachusetts lawyers under the age of 40. A frequent speaker and writer in the area of information technology and outsourcing (for a complete listing of his publications and speeches, see http://www.foley.com/people/bio.aspx?employeeid=27862), he can be reached via email at: mkarlyn@foley.com.