In a rare victory for employers that participate in multiemployer pension plans, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the interest rate memorialized in the Segal Blend actuarial assumption was inappropriate to use in...more
We had pondered when this day would come. The doomsday scenario that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) would become insolvent in five to six years is now old history. (The new estimated time of PBGC insolvency...more
On December 20, 2016, the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion holding that multiemployer benefit funds were entitled to collect contributions required under collective bargaining agreements that were not to expire until 2015,...more
On March 28, 2016, a district court in Massachusetts found two private equity funds (under the Sun Capital Partners, Inc. umbrella) jointly and severally liable for withdrawal liability imposed on one of its underlying...more
4/12/2016
/ Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Controlled Groups ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act (MPPAA) ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
Partnership-in-Fact ,
PBGC ,
Pensions ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Sun Capital Partners ,
Withdrawal Liability
Employers withdrawing from an underfunded multiemployer defined benefit pension plan may soon face not only an assessment of withdrawal liability, but also an additional payment called an “exit premium.” The Obama...more