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Harnessing AI Under ERISA: A Compliance and Oversight Guide for Retirement and Health Plan Fiduciaries

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/30/2025

It is increasingly evident that artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping all facets of business, and its impact on employee benefit plans is no exception. From automating plan administration to personalizing participant...more

New DOL/EBSA Opinion Letter Program Offers A Path to Clarity for Plan Sponsors

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/6/2025

On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a significant expansion of its compliance assistance tools by launching an Opinion Letter Program across five key enforcement agencies, including the Employee...more

Fiduciary Duty in the Digital Age: Cybersecurity Best Practices for ERISA Plans

Woodruff Sawyer on 5/9/2025

Cybercriminals look for two things when seeking a victim—access and opportunity. ERISA retirement plans offer both. Cybercriminals exploit weaknesses in systems, software, or human behavior to find opportunities for easy...more

Health Fitness, OCR’s Risk Analysis Initiative, and the ERISA Fiduciary Duty to Select Plan Service Providers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/24/2025

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the fifth enforcement action under its Risk Analysis Initiative. In this case, OCR reached a settlement with Health...more

Cybersecurity Considerations for Employers Sponsoring ERISA Plans

Littler on 11/13/2024

In its most recent step to combat cybersecurity risks to employee benefit plans, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) clarified on September 6, 2024, that its guidance on cybersecurity applies to health and welfare plans as...more

Top 10 ESG Developments for 2023

ArentFox Schiff on 12/11/2023

2023 saw terms like “ESG,” “greenwashing,” and “circular economy” come into common use. We also saw a tsunami of other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related developments at the international, federal, and state...more

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - November 2023

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/30/2023

Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more

Preparing for Cyberattacks and Limiting Liability

Miller Canfield on 3/18/2022

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

Stronger . . . Services Agreements for Benefit Plans

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial on 10/18/2021

With the exception of certain small businesses, being an employer generally means offering an array of benefits to remain competitive in the worker marketplace. As the employer grows, typically so does the list of employee...more

The Department of Labor Issues its First Cybersecurity Guidance for Plan Sponsors, Fiduciaries and Service Providers

King & Spalding on 6/23/2021

It’s been, as the song goes, a long, long time coming. In April, the Department of Labor issued its first ever formal cybersecurity guidance for retirement plan sponsors and retirement plan fiduciaries, and for the service...more

DOL Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Plan Fiduciaries

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 5/21/2021

In April, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), for the first time, issued cybersecurity guidance that was focused on retirement plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) but could be...more

Department of Labor Announces Cybersecurity Guidance for ERISA Retirement Plans

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/28/2021

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its first cybersecurity guidance for retirement plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of...more

Department of Labor Issues Cybersecurity Guidelines

Alston & Bird on 4/22/2021

On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced new cybersecurity guidance for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, record-keepers, and plan participants. The guidance is specifically “directed at plan sponsors and...more

What Retirement Plan Sponsors and Employers Need to Know About Cybersecurity Risk and Liabilities

Winstead PC on 4/11/2017

Many employers historically were only concerned with privacy and security for health plans under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)1 and state laws; however, there are other references to...more

ERISA Advisory Council Issues 2016 Report on Benefit Plan Cybersecurity

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/6/2017

“Cyber threats cannot be eliminated but they can be managed. Cyber experts say that it is not a question of if you will have a cyber-attack, rather it is a question of when. The next question is what you are going to do about...more

Retirement Plans Incur Data Breaches; ERISA Council Addresses Cyber Risks

McGuireWoods LLP on 11/30/2016

Until relatively recently, retirement plans have not made the news as targets of data breaches. This is somewhat surprising, given the wealth of participants’ personal data stored online by these plans. This past summer,...more

An Overview of Cybersecurity Issues Affecting Retirement Plans

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/24/2016

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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