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
On the first day of his Presidency, among 26 other Executive Orders that day, Donald Trump issued his Unleashing American Energy Executive Order rescinding President Biden’s Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023 (Revitalizing…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On March 21, 2025, FinCEN published an “interim final rule” (IFR) that makes sweeping changes in the reach of the Corporate Transparency Act. The IFR is immediately effective and eliminates all BOI report obligations for all…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
Many employers are facing challenges in incorporating high-cost GLP-1 medications, such as Mounjaro, Ozempic, Rybelsus, Trulicity, and Wegovy, into their group health plans, as they must balance the cost to the group health plan…
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/ Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
It is axiomatic that a person who has fiduciary responsibility with respect to an ERISA benefit plan must monitor the performance of any plan service provider or other person to whom it has delegated fiduciary duties on an…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
On March 2, 2025 the U.S. Treasury Department laid waste to about a million law firm postings about the Corporate Transparency Act, announcing that Treasury now intends to propose fundamental changes to the CTA Rule and that all…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Since we last discussed environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) developments in the context of ERISA retirement plans, ESG litigation has taken a rather unexpected turn. Although the plan lineup in Spence v…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking, Business Torts
President Trump’s Executive Order 14224 reinforces and expands a 2019 Executive Order which aimed to improve healthcare price transparency. On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed a new 2025 Executive Order entitled “Making…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
