Seyfarth Synopsis: Retirement plans hold millions (sometimes, hundreds of millions) of dollars in assets, and participants’ personal information is increasingly maintained and accessible online. With such large amounts of...more
On December 20th, before the outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up For Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”) and the Bipartisan...more
9/10/2020
/ Automatic Enrollment ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Distribution Rules ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Mining ,
Popular ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Planning ,
Vesting
After a long process, which stretched on for over a decade, on May 27, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published final regulations regarding the electronic delivery of required disclosures under the Employee Retirement...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 9, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-23, extending federal tax filing deadlines and payment obligations to July 15, 2020 for certain items otherwise due to be performed from April 1, 2020 through...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Administrators of ERISA plans frequently receive requests from participants, beneficiaries, and their representatives for plan-related documents. A recent decision from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
12/3/2019
/ Beneficiaries ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Document Management ,
Document Requests ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Failure to Produce ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Form 5500 ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
Pensions ,
Plan Administrators ,
Plan Documents ,
Retirement ,
Retirement Plan ,
Statutory Penalties ,
Statutory Violations