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Opportunities and Risks of Using AI in Employee Benefits Administration

July 10, 2024 by Catherine Nagle

The Bottom Line The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology offers significant opportunities in the field of employee benefits, for both employers and their employees, including: Despite the promise that generative AI technology holds for benefits administration, Continue Reading

Alert - July 10, 2024

Washington is First State to Pass Consumer Health Data Privacy Law

May 3, 2023 by Catherine Nagle

The Bottom Line With states passing comprehensive consumer privacy laws left and right, Washington is the first state to pass an aggressive privacy law focusing on consumer health data.With consent requirements to process health data and a private right of action, the Act is not one to be Continue Reading

Alert, Maintaining Your Competitive Advantage with Proactive Privacy and Data Protection Strategies - May 3, 2023

AdExchanger | Concerns About Advertising Using Health Data Are Rising. Where Does HIPAA Apply?

August 1, 2022 by Catherine Nagle

Gary Kibel was quoted in an AdExhanger article, "Concerns About Advertising Using Health Data Are Rising. Where Does HIPAA Apply?" Continue Reading

Press Mention - August 1, 2022

Regulators Clarify COVID-19 Relief Deadline Extension

March 8, 2021 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line Plan sponsors and administrators have been grappling with how to handle the possible expiration of the extension relief granted for certain deadlines applicable to group health plans under the “Joint Notice” published in May 2020 (the 2020 Guidance). With just two days to go Continue Reading

Alert - March 8, 2021

Group Health Plans: Regulators Extend Deadlines During the COVID-19 Crisis

May 6, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line The Notice provides important guidance and relief for group health plan sponsors and plan participants in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.The regulators have hit the pause button on many of the employee benefit plan timeframes during the period of the COVID-crisis.Since the guidance Continue Reading

Alert - May 6, 2020

Health and Welfare Considerations for Plan Sponsors Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 2, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line As employers make changes to their workforces in response to COVID-19, particularly in light of recent legislation under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), employers should Continue Reading

Alert - April 2, 2020

New Law Creates Data Breach Safe Harbor for Companies With Written Security Programs

November 15, 2018 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line While there are more laws that require companies to implement reasonable security practices, the Act is the first U.S. law that provides this type of safe harbor to companies that do so. Therefore, every company should implement a comprehensive written information security program, Continue Reading

Alert - November 15, 2018

California Legislature Passes Yet More Privacy Bills – Internet of Things & CCPA Amendment

September 25, 2018 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line California continues to take the most active role of any state in regulating privacy and imposing obligations on businesses. With the upcoming January 2020 deadlines for the CCPA and the proposed IoT law, business should continue — or begin, if they have not already done so — their Continue Reading

Alert - September 25, 2018

Employers Beware: New EU Data Law May Impact Employee Benefits

September 10, 2018 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line GDPR is already in effect and fines could be levied for non-compliance. U.S. based employers should work with their legal counsel to review their plan participant population to determine whether GDPR applies and to ensure that GDPR's requirements are satisfied. May 25, 2018 was Continue Reading

Alert - September 10, 2018

South Dakota Becomes 49th State to pass Data Breach Notification Law

March 22, 2018 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line A patchwork of state, federal and international rules impose data breach notification obligations on companies.Every company subject to these rules must have a data breach response plan in place that complies with each state's requirements. Once it becomes law, a bill passed Continue Reading

Alert - March 22, 2018

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