Technology Fills Construction Skills Gap
Contractors and construction companies have decried the lack of skilled workers available to them, even as the United States goes through a construction boom. If there are fewer skilled workers than ever before with more…
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Small Retirement Plans Seeing Increasing Fiduciary Breach Lawsuits
An excessive fee suit against a retirement plan holding $9 million in assets for 114 participants is being seen as the dawning of a new era in retirement plan fiduciary breach lawsuits. The suit, Damberg…
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Plan Fiduciaries Must Make “Prudent” Investments to Avoid Liability
Employee benefit plan fiduciaries have an obligation to make prudent investments to avoid a breach of fiduciary duty. Fiduciaries are personally liable for those damages the imprudent investments caused to plan participants. This is one of the…
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Plan Fiduciaries Must Evaluate Plan Fees
Plan fiduciaries have a lot of obstacles to avoid during plan administration to avoid fiduciary breaches, but the most common breach of fiduciary duty is for a plan that has unreasonable fees and expenses. This…
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Phishing Attacks Trick Your Employees Into Giving Hackers Access
How could there be a danger in clicking a link in an email that appears to be from your coworker down the hall? Clicking that link can provide a hacker access to your company’s system,…
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Options for Appealing in California
When you are faced with a civil judgment against you in California, you have a number of options to fight that judgment. Appeals are the best option in most cases, but there are other methods…
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Many Small Businesses Can’t Afford Data Breaches
Equifax recently came to a settlement agreement regarding its 2017 data breach that affected nearly 150 million Americans. Those who had their personal information exposed in the breach are eligible to file a claim, with…
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The New York Estate Tax
For anyone who dies after January 1, 2019, their estates in New York that are worth more than $5,740,000 are taxed. This differs from federal estate tax, which exempts estates worth up to $11.4 million….
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Equifax Data Breach Could Cost Company Thousands Per Person
With over 145 million people affected, the 2017 Equifax data breach was one of the largest and most far reaching of all time. Now, with Equifax’s settlement agreement being finalized, those affected by the breach…
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