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Cyber for Plan Sponsors 07.02.2019

Phishing Attacks More Successful on Mobile

Viewing an entire email in a standard window on a desktop can make it fairly easy to figure out if an email you received is legitimate. You can easily see the sender address, all signatures…
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Phishing Attacks More Successful on Mobile
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 07.02.2019

Who’s Behind Data Breaches?

When you’re implementing data breach and cyber attack protections, you’re probably thinking about agents from the outside trying to hack your system and expose your company’s sensitive data. But those are not the only people…
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Who’s Behind Data Breaches?
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 07.02.2019

How Internal Employees Cause Data Breaches

While the popular image of a cyber attack is from someone from the outside, more than a third of data breaches involve an internal actor. Misuse of existing privileges by these internal actors often are…
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How Internal Employees Cause Data Breaches
Court Bonds 07.02.2019

Conservatorship of an Adult

The court appoints a conservator when a person can no longer make financial or healthcare decisions. A conservator can be responsible for the daily care of a disabled person. For example, administer medication, take the…
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Conservatorship of an Adult
Court Bonds 07.02.2019

VA Beneficiary Rights

In most cases, Veterans Affairs beneficiaries are able to manage their own VA benefits. However, if a beneficiary is incapacitated by minority, injury, disease, or advanced age related reasons, the VA may conclude that that…
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VA Beneficiary Rights
Court Bonds 07.01.2019

When Does a Conservatorship End?

When someone is deemed to be unable to care for him or herself, another person is able to petition a probate court for control over their affairs. That control is a conservatorship (or guardianship, depending…
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When Does a Conservatorship End?
ERISA 07.01.2019

NYC Law Firm Releases 2019 Fiduciary Guide

It is hard for a fiduciary to determine what exactly would be a breach of their fiduciary duty to a retirement plan. That is where New York based law firm Cohen & Buckmann, P.C.’s 2019…
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NYC Law Firm Releases 2019 Fiduciary Guide
Contract Surety 07.01.2019

Construction Industry Becoming More Diverse and Inclusive

More and more women are not only entering, but thriving within, the male dominated construction industry. Women were mostly in support-centered roles within the construction industry and never really had decision making authority, but that…
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Construction Industry Becoming More Diverse and Inclusive
Contract Surety 07.01.2019

2020 Federal Budget Omits Funds for Hudson River Tunnel Construction

Federal funding for the proposed $13 billion Hudson River train tunnel that would have connected New York with Northern New Jersey was excluded from President Donald Trump’s $4.7 trillion 2020 budget request to Congress. Deputy…
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2020 Federal Budget Omits Funds for Hudson River Tunnel Construction