ERISA Ambiguities Lead to Confusion Over Fiduciary Duties
More and more cases related to ERISA duties are winding their way through the courts and could have a large impact on plan sponsors and how they will be able to manage their employee benefit…
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Pension Professionals: Simplify the ERISA Bonding Process
Managing employee benefit plans seems to keep getting more and more complicated every year. Fiduciary duties remain opaque and retirement plans and benefits have morphed over time. One of the more confusing processes for the…
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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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Microsoft Emails Hacked in Breach
Some of Microsoft’s email services, which include Outlook, MSN, and Hotmail, were breached by hackers with users’ email addresses, folder names, email subject lines, and names of email addresses users communicated with between January and…
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The Fiduciary Duty of Protecting Against Cyber Attacks
Under ERISA, fiduciaries are subject to the prudent expert standard of care, in which they have to act with diligence, care, and skill under the circumstances as professionals their field would. They also owe a…
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Protections Against Cyber Attacks & Data Breaches
Cyber attacks seem to happen every week these days. As those bigger companies beef up their cybersecurity to prevent hacks, cyber attackers are increasingly likely to go after the less protected companies which ends up…
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Data Breach Victims Can Sue Without Proof of Harm from Breach
The U.S. Supreme Court has found that Zappos, an Amazon subsidiary, can be sued by customers who were victims of a Zappos data breach in 2012 without the customer showing that the breach harmed them….
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Mass Emails Can Expose Personal Data
English government department of the Home Office has recently come under fire for accidentally exposing hundreds of email addresses after communicating with EU applicants hoping to settle in the UK via mass email. Over 200…
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Business Owner Data Breach Liability
Cyber attacks on businesses are almost becoming a matter of “when” and not “if.” If a cyber attacker is able to hack your business and steal sensitive and valuable data from your business, what kind of…
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