Late at night on December 14, 2018, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued his decision in Texas v. U.S., No. 4:18-cv-00167, that the individual mandate under the Affordable...more
Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 30th annual employee benefits webinar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments related to employee benefit plans....more
9/19/2018
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On August 21, 2018, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68 providing initial guidance on the amendments made to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) by the 2017 tax reform bill, which has been renamed “To...more
The changes keep coming! In 2018, state legislatures have been active in enacting and amending data breach notification laws. With Alabama’s recent enactment, all 50 states now have data breach notification laws....more
Once again, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) upheld the imposition of civil money penalties charged against a covered entity by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) for...more
The changes keep coming! As a follow up to our last article, we are highlighting additional amendments to various state data breach notification laws, some of which require immediate action for preparedness and compliance. ...more
We have rounded up the latest changes to data breach notification laws. During 2018, there have been several significant revisions to U.S. state data breach notification laws. Also, with the recent enactment of the Alabama...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the “Budget Act”), which was adopted February 9, 2018, together with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which was adopted on December 22, 2017, and the Disaster Tax Relief and...more
Effective April 1, 2018, the changes to the Department of Labor’s disability claims regulations will finally go into effect, providing participants with a more full and fair review of disability benefit claims that is more in...more
On December 20, 2017, the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to enact the tax reform bill, which has been renamed “To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the...more
On November 2, 2017, the House Republicans released the text of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”), laying out a broad set of changes to the tax code that could dramatically change the ways companies compensate,...more
Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 29th Annual Employee Benefits Seminar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments related to employee benefit plans....more
Employers seeking to ease the hardships faced by employees in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey may be looking for ways to provide aid to their own workforces.
Qualified Disaster Relief Payments -
Generally, a payment...more
A 2013 change in the City of Houston’s employee benefits policy to extend benefits to the same-sex spouses of City employees, intended to align the City’s policy with what its legal counsel determined was a federal...more
Over 30 lawsuits have been filed over the past several years alleging that defined benefit plans maintained by religiously-affiliated hospital systems are not entitled to church plan status under the Employee Retirement...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued nonbinding guidance focusing on the software vulnerabilities of networked medical devices that are already on the market. The guidance focuses on the importance of...more
New York’s Cybersecurity Requirements for DFS Licensees: A New Item at the Top of the To Do List -
With a compliance date a few months away, licensees of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) must start...more
1/30/2017
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For the second time in history, on January 13, 2016, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) upheld the imposition of civil money penalties charged against a covered entity by the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health...more
Retail Tracking Update: Privacy Guidance Following Nomi Technologies
- There is currently a widespread effort to quantify everything, from steps, to sleep, to batted ball exit velocity. Fifteen years ago, TV host Jeremy...more
7/31/2015
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June 18, 2015 marks another step forward for a country with already strong privacy laws, with the long-awaited passage of the Digital Privacy Act in Canada. The Digital Privacy Act amends Canada’s existing privacy framework,...more
North Dakota recently enacted an amendment that will again tighten its existing breach notification law. The current law, North Dakota Century Code Section 51-30 et. seq., has evolved over time, having been previously amended...more