Santa Barbara, CA
Employee benefits Lawyer at Santa Barbara, CA
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Employment & Labor
October 5, 2011 Since 2009, a company called Brightscope has been compiling data on plan assets from retirement plan tax returns (Form 5500s) and providing on-line scores on plan investment performanc...
See Full GuideSeptember 27, 2011 I have received a number of questions about the 60-day advance notice requirement for group health plan changes. There is a lot of confusion in this area. This is my attempt to clar...
See Full GuideSeptember 27, 2011 Health care reform has introduced a new disclosure requirement for group health plans the Summary of Benefits and Coverage, or SBC. Sometimes misleadingly referred to as the mini-S...
See Full GuideSeptember 20, 2011 The Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced on September 19th that it was withdrawing, and would re-propose, its draft regulation defining a ...
See Full GuideSeptember 12, 2011 California Assembly Bill 52, which would have permitted direct state regulation of health insurance premium increases, recently was withdrawn for lack of support in the state Senate...
See Full GuideSeptember 12, 2011 On September 8, two court challenges to the health care reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA) were struck down by a three-judge panel of the 4th Circ...
See Full GuideSeptember 8, 2011 August 8ths New York Times contains an article that details a HIPAA data security breach traced to an outside billing and payment data contractor for theStanfordHospital inPalo Alto,...
See Full GuideToday Governor Jerry Brown signed into law an amendment to existing California Civil Code provisions governing notification duties in the event that the security of unencrypted personal data of Califor...
See Full GuideAugust 18, 2011 A bill that is close to final passage in Sacramento will clarify and slightly expand notification requirements upon a breach of unsecured personal data of California residents, includin...
See Full GuideResearchers and some employers are using technology to measure the incidence and health impact of worker inactivity due to long periods behind the wheel of a car, or in front of a computer. This articl...
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