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IRS Issues Guidance on Secure 2.0 – What Plan Sponsors Need to Know

In late December 2023, approximately one year after Congress enacted the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”), the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2024-2 (the...more

IRS Announces New 90-Day Pre-Examination Compliance Pilot Program for Retirement Plans

In its June 3, 2022 Employee Plans Newsletter, the IRS announced a pilot pre-examination retirement plan compliance program beginning in June 2022. Under the pilot program, the IRS will notify a qualified plan sponsor by...more

IRS Reopens Determination Letter Program for Certain Individually Designed Plans

In 2017, the IRS significantly limited the ability of plan sponsors to request a determination letter that its individually-designed retirement plan met the tax qualification requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Since...more

[Event] 29th Annual Employee Benefits Seminar - September 28th, Dallas TX

Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 29th Annual Employee Benefits Seminar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments related to employee benefit plans....more

[Webinar] 28th Annual Employee Benefits Seminar - September 21st, 8:20am Central / 9:20am Eastern

Program Highlights Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 28th annual employee benefits seminar via webinar.  Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments...more

DOL Issues Final Fiduciary Rule: How Does The New Definition Affect Plan Sponsors

On April 8, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final regulations significantly redefining the standards for determining when an adviser is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as...more

IRS Announces 2016 Retirement Plan Limitations – Most Limits Remain Unchanged

The Internal Revenue Service announced the 2016 cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limitations for qualified retirement plans and other benefits, and the Social Security Administration announced its own cost-of-living...more

Same-Sex Marriage is Legal – Are Your Employee Benefit Plans Up to Date?

What is the Supreme Court’s holding in Obergefell v. Hodges? LB: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must license a marriage between two people of the same sex and all states must recognize a lawful same-sex...more

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