WISCONSINPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIMedium

QUARLES & BRADY LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 19, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,032

Confidence

50%

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Quarles & Brady, LLP, a business associate, reported a breach to HHS on April 19, 2016, after a laptop was stolen. The incident affected 1,032 individuals, exposing their names, addresses, and medication information. The unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle on March 16, 2016. In response, the firm encrypted all laptops and retrained its staff on HIPAA compliance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline

Mar 16, 2016

Begins

Apr 19, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,032 affectedView incident

Name: QUARLES & BRADY LLP
norm: quarles brady
Industry: Professional Services

Name: QUARLES & BRADY LLP
norm: quarles brady
Industry: Professional Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Mar 16, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,032nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances from the BA that it implemented the corrective action steps.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media.
Changes made: Encrypted all workforce laptops
Retrained all health law attorneys and staff on the importance of HIPAA compliance for the use of laptops
Disciplined the workforce member involved
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Apr 19, 2016
Raw hash: 322e1ede4cb6f1328be73a679c2b6f321d12f86fe90fb4132f5b8d192f6b7463

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Reporting entityQUARLES & BRADY LLP

Victim entityQUARLES & BRADY LLP

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to affected individuals and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing