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- The Ponemon Institute released its Fifth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data on May 7, 2015, highlighting serious challenges in protecting the privacy and security of health information.
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- In Mach Mining, LLC v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, No. 13-1019 (April 29, 2015), the Supreme Court unanimously held that courts may review whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) has made a good faith effort to conciliate with an employer prior to filing suit for unlawful employment practices
- NewsToday, McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies LLC (MHGS) named Christopher Barron as Director of Communications. Barron is the former president of CapSouth Consulting, a full-service communications firm, and the former co-founder and Chairman of the Board of GOProud.
- The Ohio legislature recently amended Ohio’s receivership statutes for the first time in over 60 years
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- Despite opposition from the Solicitor General, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339 (U.S. Apr. 27, 2015).
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McDonald Hopkins LLC has been nominated by Advisen readers as a finalist for their 2015 Cyber Risk Awards in the category of Cyber Risk Pre-Breach Team of the Year. The firm’s national data privacy and cybersecurity team, comprised of 20 attorneys, is led by James J. Giszczak. Voting is now open through May 28, 2015.
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After many years and many false starts, the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a package of proposed regulations and prohibited transaction exemptions (PTEs) addressing who is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
- On April 22, 2015, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a $1.5 million verdict for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a sexual harassment and retaliation suit against New Breed Logistics, a High Point, NC-based logistics services provider, holding that workers who tell sexually harassing supervisors to cut it out are protected from retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its HIPAA settlement with Cornell Prescription Pharmacy (“CPP”) for disposing of patient information in a dumpster, failing to implement written HIPAA policies and procedures, and failing to provide HIPAA training to its employees.
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The April 30 deadline is fast approaching for employers to take advantage of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for 2014.
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- NewsThe owners of high-end jewelry manufacturer Scott Kay Inc. were out of cash and out of options to save the company in January when they decided that the best course of action was not a bankruptcy filing, but a surrender of assets and sale under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
- Willie Sutton purportedly answered a reporter's question about why he robbed banks, by saying, "because that's where the money is." This then formed the basis for the medical doctrine of Sutton's Law: when diagnosing, one should first consider the obvious.
- Every company must prepare to deal with a breach
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- In a long-awaited decision addressing whether telecommuting is a reasonable accommodation, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dispensed a dose of common sense ruling that Ford Motor Co. did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it denied an employee’s request to telecommute on an unscheduled basis as a reasonable accommodation
- The California State Assembly has introduced legislation to classify all cheerleaders for California sports teams as employees, which will entitle them to minimum wage and other basic employment rights
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The U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule on April 14, 2015, that would impose a stricter fiduciary standard on those providing retirement investment advice. While some of the concerns behind the proposal involve conflicted investment advice to individual retirement account (IRA) holders, the sweeping rule would also change how advice is provided to participants in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans.
- AlertFinancial institutions are truly in a cyber war and proper tactics and strategy are essential for survival.
