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In its most recent step to combat cybersecurity risks to employee benefit plans, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) clarified on September 6, 2024, that its guidance on cybersecurity applies to health and welfare plans as well as retirement plans. The new guidance underscores the risk to employers that fail to ensure adequate cybersecurity of…

The Treasury Committee has launched a call for evidence as it examines whether rules are needed to govern the acceptance of physical cash in the U.K. The Committee explains that the Bank of England has noted that the decline in cash usage is increasing the infrastructure costs of retaining physical cash as a viable payment…

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a questionnaire on the current and future uses of AI in U.K. financial services and the financial services regulatory framework. The initiative is part of the FCA’s AI Input Zone, which will help shape its future regulatory approach. Views are sought on: (i) what AI use cases firms are…

Companies commonly use tracking technologies – such as Meta’s “Pixel” software or “Google Analytics” – on their websites for various reasons. In numerous class actions across the country, plaintiffs have claimed that the use of these technologies violates various state and federal statutes. Among these are wiretap statutes, which were originally passed as early as……By:…

This insight highlights government initiatives in Southeast Asia that promote data centre development through Direct Power Purchase Agreements schemes. As jurisdictions compete to attract investment in the power intensive data centre and digital infrastructure sectors, they are also looking to do promote development in a way that is consistent with national decarbonisation commitments….By: BCLP

In August, Judge Mary M. Rowland dismissed nearly 200 plaintiffs’ cases in the ongoing In RE: Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, And Products Liability Litigation [Hair Relaxer], a multidistrict litigation (MDL) that is pending in the Northern District Court of Illinois, giving the plaintiffs a year to refile their claims….By: Miles Mediation & Arbitration

The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that neither a subpoena issued as part of multi-district litigation nor a chart listing the insured as a potential defendant in the litigation constituted a “Claim.”…By: Wiley Rein LLP

On November 12, 2024, UT Southwestern Medical Center (“UT Southwestern” or “UTSW”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that an unauthorized party accessed patient information. In this notice, UT Southwestern explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access patients’ sensitive information, which…