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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Cyber Attacks

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Don't Forget About ERISA in Your Health Plan’s Cybersecurity Efforts: Important Reminders for Plan Fiduciaries in the Wake of...

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Earlier this year, a cyberattack on a leading healthcare claims processing provider had an unprecedented impact on patients and healthcare providers across the country. While group health plans were not directly targeted in...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Managing the Impacts of the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

UnitedHealth Group (“UHC”) announced on April 22, 2024, that it had paid a ransom to protect patient data potentially acquired in a late February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare (“CHC”). In its announcement,...more

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Plaintiffs Request Court Approval of $8.7M Settlement in ERISA Class Action Cyberattack Lawsuit

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Multi-employer plan participants involved in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) class action lawsuit against Horizon Actuarial Services LLC (Horizon), a national retirement services firm, have entered...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - March 2024

The March Monthly Minute digs into an Ohio district court ruling that rejected application of a medical plan exclusion, missing participant guidance and related audit concerns, and responses to the Change Healthcare...more

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Podcast: Cybersecurity Risk Management for Pension Plan Administrators: Tips for Staying Ahead of the Hackers

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With recent well-publicized data breaches impacting pension systems and their retirees nationally, as well as increased Department of Labor scrutiny surrounding cybersecurity policies and procedures implemented by ERISA...more

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Preparing for Cyberattacks and Limiting Liability

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The U.S. government and military experts have been warning U.S. companies that Russia may launch significant cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, financial institutions and businesses in retaliation for the sanctions...more

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Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

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Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

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Federal Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Management of LIBOR Transition

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In This Issue. Federal agencies issued a joint statement regarding an orderly transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR); the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an updated...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for ERISA-Covered Plans

There have been a rash of high-profile cyberattacks in the United States recently. Some of the more visible public attacks include SolarWinds, the Microsoft Exchange attack, Accellion, the Florida Water Treatment Plant and,...more

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Protecting your Nest Egg From Cyber Criminals

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Retirement plans hold millions (sometimes, hundreds of millions) of dollars in assets, and participants’ personal information is increasingly maintained and accessible online. With such large amounts of...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Winter 2021

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020. In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more

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Cybersecurity & Retirement Plans

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It seems that most employees and plan participants “think” their retirement money and data are not at risk. This is due, in part, because:- there are few published incidents of breaches or potential hacks...more

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Cybersecurity Risks to Employee Benefit Plans - Are You Prepared?

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Unless you’ve been living on a remote mountaintop or inside a cave for the past 10 years, chances are good you’ve either been affected by a cybersecurity breach or know someone who has. Among many other businesses, recent...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law - November 2016

Asbestos Injury Continuous, Delaware Supreme Court Rules - Why it matters - In the latest ruling in the long running asbestos litigation involving pump manufacturers in Delaware, the state's highest court declared,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

An Overview of Cybersecurity Issues Affecting Retirement Plans

Retirement plan sponsors face ever-evolving cyber-related threats to plan assets and participant personal information. To combat such threats, plan sponsors should proactively assess the third-party service providers’ ability...more

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Also In the News - Data, Privacy, & Security Practice Report - December 2015 #2

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Harmonizing Cybersecurity And Trade Secret Protection – Many companies are investing heavily in cybersecurity and implementing a framework such as the Cybersecurity Framework from the National Institute of Standards and...more

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ERISA Trumps State Law Claims in Anthem Data Breach

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts state-law claims arising out of Anthem’s data breach in Smilow, et al. v. Anthem Life &...more

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