Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries and is poised to bring transformative change in healthcare delivery, drug discovery, diagnostics, and data analysis and communication. This technology is…
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/ Health, Privacy, Professional Malpractice, Science, Computers, & Technology
Severance plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) must satisfy certain compliance requirements, but federal law affords employers significant advantages in the event a…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the 2025 Budget Reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“Act”). This legislation extends several provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”)…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Employers and their compensation advisors often assume that an arrangement to pay employees in the future for work done over time will be subject to the rules for ERISA pension plans unless it is limited to a “select group of…
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/ Insurance, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Through an Interim Final Rule that became effective March 26, 2025 (the “IFR”), the U.S. Treasury Department took action to exclude all U.S.-formed entities from the BOI[1] reporting regime under the Corporate Transparency Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision Cunningham v. Cornell University, 145 S.Ct. 1020 (2025) significantly lowers the pleading standard for prohibited transaction claims under Section 406(a) of the Employee Retirement Income…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
Maine has joined the list of U.S. states requiring disclosures of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technologies. This is due to a new law signed by Governor Janet Mills on June 12, 2025, the Act to Ensure Transparency in Consumer…
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/ Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last year, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a decision in Baker v. CVS Health Corporation with an important reminder to employers regarding their required disclosure in employment applications…
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/ Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Despite efforts by plan sponsors and third-party administrators/plan recordkeepers to communicate to defined contribution retirement plan participants the importance of designating a beneficiary to receive any remaining vested…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations
On February 18, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14215 “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” Section 7 of which provides that: “[t]he President and the Attorney General’s opinions on questions of law are…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
In the context of medical coverage, the terms “Preventive Services” and “Preventive Care” are often used interchangeably. The two terms, however, have very different meanings. Understanding the difference can have significant…
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/ Health, Insurance, Taxation
On March 24, 2025, the rule and form amendments to EDGAR that were adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 27, 2024 became effective and the EDGAR Next dashboard went live. These amendments are…
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On April 3, 2025, the Department of Labor issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-02 (the FAB), providing initial guidance and updated models for defined benefit plan Annual Funding Notices that comply with the notice…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued final rules on Permitting Solar Energy Developments on High Value-Agricultural Land, with an effective date of April 20, 2025 (the “Rule”). The Rule…
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/ Agriculture, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On Labor Day, September 2, 1974, Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) into law.
ERISA governs the employee benefit plans (i.e., retirement and welfare plans) of most private employers in the…
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/ Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
