Attorneys from our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice provide insights on current issues facing various types of employee benefits programs.
Topics include:
- Cybersecurity
- DOL Audit Initiatives
-...more
10/27/2021
/ 401k ,
Audits ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Pensions ,
Popular ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act ,
Webinars
Please join us for our live Hot Topics and Trends in Employee Benefits for 2021 webinar on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Attorneys from our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice will provide insights on current...more
11/16/2020
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Final Rules ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Investors ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Voting ,
Retirement Plan ,
Retirement Plan Providers ,
Webinars
In a recent 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court, in Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A., 590 U.S. __ (2020), held that participants in defined benefit pension plans lack standing to sue plan fiduciaries for allegedly imprudent plan...more
6/17/2020
/ Article III ,
Breach of Duty ,
Defined Benefit Plans ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Duty of Prudence ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Investment Adviser ,
Mismanagement ,
Pensions ,
Plan Participants ,
Retirement Plan ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Thole v U.S. Bank
Plan participants and their beneficiaries may now have extra time to exercise some of their rights under the employee benefit plans in which they participate. ...more
5/16/2020
/ Beneficiaries ,
CARES Act ,
COBRA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Extensions ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
IRS ,
Plan Participants ,
U.S. Treasury
Welcome to the Summer edition of Benefits Litigation Update, brought to you by The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the law firm Epstein Becker & Green.
With a new Administration and executive branch, we are already...more
7/28/2017
/ 401k ,
Amgen v Sandoz ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Biosimilars ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment Contract ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Retirement Plan ,
Summary Plan Description ,
Venue
A Publication from Epstein Becker Green and The ERISA Industry Committee -
Epstein Becker Green and The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) are pleased to release the current issue of the Benefits Litigation Update...more
11/23/2016
/ 401k ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Article III ,
Berkshire Hathaway ,
Class Action ,
Defined Contribution Plans ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment ,
Mental Health ,
Mergers ,
Pensions ,
Preemption ,
Retirement Plan ,
Safe Harbors ,
Standing ,
Wellness Programs
Epstein Becker Green and The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) are pleased to release the current issue of the Benefits Litigation Update (“Update”). The Update is a publication which provides four primary...more
7/14/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
De-Risking ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Preemption ,
Safe Harbors ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs
Welcome to the new, rejuvenated version of the Benefits Litigation Update, which we bring you jointly with the law firm of Epstein Becker Green. Our goal is to provide a concise and, we hope, insightful glimpse into recent...more
7/27/2015
/ 401k ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Dave & Buster's ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equitable Relief ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance ,
Preemption ,
Telehealth
In this issue:
- Will Section 510 of ERISA Restrict Workforce Structuring under the Affordable Care Act?
- A New Threat to Sponsors and Fiduciaries: Equitable Remedies After Amara
- First ERISA Decision...more