Defined Benefit Plans

A Tale of Two Decisions: District Courts Diverge on Constitutional Standing to Bring Pension Risk Transfer ClaimsUpdates and Best Practices Regarding Form 5500 Filings for Single-Employer Defined Contribution Plans

Economic Downturn

Winter Is Coming: Employee Benefits Planning for the Eventual Economic DownturnWinter Is Coming: Employee Benefits Planning for the Eventual Economic Downturn

Employer Stock

Recent Decisions Cast Doubt on Stock Drop as a Basis to State a Claim Against ESOP TrusteeJander v. IBM: an Aberration or the Start of a Plaintiff-Friendly Trend in ERISA Employer Stock Cases?

ERISA

A Tale of Two Decisions: District Courts Diverge on Constitutional Standing to Bring Pension Risk Transfer ClaimsDistrict Court Rejects Post-Loper Challenge to DOL’s Payroll Practice Exemption

ESOP

Update: Common Interest, DeniedRecent Decision Places Spotlight on Coordination Between DOL and Plaintiffs’ Firms

Fee Cases

Ninth Circuit Addresses ERISA Preemption of Claims Involving “Fee Forgiving”ERISA Settlements – The Non-Monetary Concessions Continue to Mount

FEMA

Avenues for Benefit Plan-Related Relief in Response to the California Wildfires

Fiduciary Duty

BELT AND SUSPENDERS COME IN HANDY IN ERISA CASENew MHPAEA Guidance Released

Form 5500

Updates and Best Practices Regarding Form 5500 Filings for Single-Employer Defined Contribution Plans

Health & Welfare

Recently Filed Lawsuit A Good Reminder for Self-Insured Health Plan FiduciariesRevisiting Plan Service Provider Agreements: To Provide or Not To Provide to Plan Participants

Healthcare

Extreme Couponing: How Manufacturer Coupons Impact Health Plans

Investment Fiduciaries

DOL Again Enters the Investment Advice Fray With Proposed Retirement Security Rule

Plan Sponsors

AT&T and Lockheed Martin Face Class Actions Over Pension Risk Transfers To AtheneDOL Greenlights Citibank’s Diverse Asset Manager Program

Retirement Plans

Revisiting Plan Service Provider Agreements: To Provide or Not To Provide to Plan ParticipantsCalifornia Dreamin’: Ninth Circuit Affirmation of CalSavers Decision May Forecast State Auto-IRA Nightmare for Some Employers

Secure 2.0

Guidance Is Needed for SECURE 2.0’s Student Loan Matching Contribution Programs

Student Loan Program

Guidance Is Needed for SECURE 2.0’s Student Loan Matching Contribution Programs

Uncategorized

Avenues for Benefit Plan-Related Relief in Response to the California Wildfires