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Privacy Floodgates Open: 13 U.S. State Data Protection Bring About Major Changes

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Global Privacy Controls, vendor management, sensitive personal information, and the use of Ad Tech; new U.S. state data protection laws introduce twists to traditional notions of American data protection law. In the U.S.,...more

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Changing of the Guard? SEC Proposes Significant Amendments to the Safeguards Rule

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The SEC continued its recent onslaught of proposed cybersecurity rules in mid-March with three new proposals covering a litany of entities, including investment advisers, broker-dealers, investment companies, clearing...more

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SEC Proposes New Oversight Requirements for Certain Services Outsourced by Investment Advisers

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has proposed new rule 206(4)-11 (the “Proposed Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”). If adopted, the Proposed Rule would require registered...more

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SEC Proposes New Rule Relating to Outsourcing of Services by Investment Advisers

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed a new rule and rule amendments that, if adopted as proposed, would require registered investment advisers to meet certain requirements when outsourcing certain...more

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SEC proposes service provider oversight requirements for investment advisers

On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rule 206(4)-11 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act), which would prohibit SEC-registered investment advisers from outsourcing...more

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SEC Proposes New Oversight Requirements for Certain Services Outsourced by Investment Advisors

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On October 26, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Advisors Act that, if passed, would prohibit registered investment advisors from outsourcing...more

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New 401(k) Adoption Agreements on the Horizon: Pitfalls for the Unwary

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Employers that use an IRS-approved form 401(k) or profit sharing plan document are required to adopt updated IRS-approved adoption agreements no later than July 31, 2022. Most plan recordkeepers and other plan document...more

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Best Practices for Plan Sponsors #9

Best Practices: Lessons Learned from Litigation (#2)—the Vanderbilt Case - I am writing two series of articles that together are called “The Bests.” One is about Best Practices for Plan Sponsors, while the other is about...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Warns About Third-Party Destruction of Broker-Dealer Records

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The SEC staff issued an April 12 letter addressing broker-dealer contracts with third-party recordkeeping service providers under which the service provider can delete or discard records of a broker-dealer who fails to pay...more

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Failure to Signal: Uber Forced to Accept Expanded Settlement after Concealing Security Breach from FTC

Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) has agreed to an expansion of its initial August 2017 proposed consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in light of revelations of an additional security breach in October...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New York State Revises “First-In-Nation” Cybersecurity Rules

The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) recently issued a revised version of the cybersecurity rules that it first announced in the fall of last year. The rules apply to a wide range of insurance, banking, and...more

Dechert LLP

NFA Adopts Cybersecurity Guidance

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The National Futures Association (NFA) adopted on October 23, 2015 an “Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rules 2-9, 2-36, and 2-49: Information Systems Security Programs” (Notice). The Notice requires each NFA Member to...more

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CFTC Approves NFA Interpretive Notice on Information Systems Security Programs, Including Cybersecurity Guidance

The CFTC recently approved the National Futures Association’s interpretive notice (the “Cybersecurity Notice”) on the general requirements that members should implement for their information systems security programs...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Appeals Court Upholds USDOL’s New Minimum Wage and Overtime Rules for Home Care Workers Employed by Home Health Care Agencies

Reversing a decision celebrated by employers in the home care industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that home health care agencies must comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2013 domestic service...more

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CFTC Permits Additional Third-Party Recordkeepers for Registered CPOs

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The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO Staff) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued exemptive relief on September 8, 2014 to permit a registered commodity pool operator (CPO) to...more

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