Spoiler alert. We are about to reveal the secret to learning what the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) will be focused on the next time it investigates your employee benefit plans? Ready? Just ask.
Last week, EBSA announced an overhaul of its national enforcement projects for fiscal year 2026—the most significant EBSA has made
Group health plan sponsors should take note of the February 16, 2026 deadline to update HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices (“NPPs”) to reflect recent privacy updates for Part 2 records.
What is an NPP and why does it impact employers and other plan sponsors?
HIPAA requires that covered entities, such as group health plans, provide
On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors” (the “Executive Order”), which directs the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) and the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to relieve regulatory burdens and litigation risk that impede investments in alternative assets (including crypto, private
On the last day before the U.S. Supreme Court’s summer recess, the Court issued a decision that left in place the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) mandate that requires non-grandfathered group health plans and issuers to cover, without cost sharing, all evidence-based items or services that have a rating of “A” or “B” in the current