News & Analysis as of

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) › Data Protection › Fiduciary Duty

Woodruff Sawyer

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

Woodruff Sawyer on

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

Littler

Cybersecurity Considerations for Employers Sponsoring ERISA Plans

Littler on

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

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - December 2023

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on

Happy Holidays! The December Monthly Minute includes a fiduciary checkup reminder and a look at HHS’ recent settlement stemming from a phishing attack that impacted ePHI of nearly 35,000 individuals....more

ArentFox Schiff

Don’t Be Insecure: DOL Guidance Addresses Cybersecurity for ERISA Plans

ArentFox Schiff on

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new guidance on best practices for maintaining cybersecurity in connection with ERISA plans (the Guidance). The Guidance, which is intended for sponsors, fiduciaries, record...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

The DOL Is Focusing on Cybersecurity; Plan Fiduciaries May Want to Consider Doing the Same

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits on

There has been an increasing focus in recent years on the intersection of ERISA’s fiduciary duties and the issues of cybersecurity and data (including participant data) protection. Beyond the potential for pecuniary and...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Cybersecurity for ERISA Retirement and Welfare Benefit Plans

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

Cybersecurity continues to be an important fiduciary responsibility as the threat for security breaches grows with fraud, hacking or phishing schemes.  During this COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity for your ERISA retirement...more

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Institutions

K&L Gates LLP on

Originally published in Haig, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fourth Edition §§ 87:1 et seq. © 2016 American Bar Association. This chapter discusses federal court litigation relating to health care...more

Carlton Fields

What’s Your Game Plan? Offensive or Defensive: Playing to Your Strengths [Expect Focus – October 2016]

Carlton Fields on

- AXA Prevails at First Post-Jones v. Harris Excessive Fee Trial - Potential Secondary Effects of Regulatory Examinations: Evidentiary Issues and Preclusion in Parallel Litigation - On The Horizon: Global...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide