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Haynes Boone

DOL Approves the Use of Forfeitures to Offset Employer Contributions

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In a lawsuit currently under appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the court has been asked to decide whether the plan administrator violated its fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty under ERISA when...more

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Compliance Reminder for Executive Top Hat Plans

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Plan sponsors of nonqualified deferred compensation plans (often referred to as “top hat” plans) maintain such plans because they provide tax and economic benefits to covered executives without being subject to many of...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - February 2025

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This month’s Friday Five covers an appellate ruling on a complicated case raising both state and federal claims, an instance of procedural improprieties in the administrative review process informing the court’s substantive...more

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Retirement Plan Update – Forfeitures are New Focus of Fiduciary Breach Litigation

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Many employer-sponsored defined contributions plans, including 401(k) profit sharing plans and money purchase pension plans include a vesting schedule – a period over which a plan participant earns a nonforfeitable right to...more

Robinson Bradshaw

Fiduciary Fundamentals: The Basics

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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a body of federal laws and regulations that govern the provision and operation of certain employer-sponsored benefit plans. While its structure and requirements...more

Miller Canfield

SECURE Act Makes Big Changes to Retirement Plans

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Employers, plan sponsors, and plan administrators ring in the New Year with new recordkeeping and administrative challenges for 2020 and beyond. After much anticipation, on December 20, 2019, Pres. Donald Trump signed into...more

King & Spalding

DOL’s Proposed Electronic Disclosure Regulations for Retirement Plans

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On October 22, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced proposed regulations that would allow disclosures for retirement plans to be posted online. The proposal aims to make retirement plan disclosures more...more

Cozen O'Connor

Five Ways to Simplify Your Employee Benefit Plan Administration For 2020 and Beyond

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As we get ready for 2020 (and beyond) here are five hot employee benefits ideas to implement in order to make your employee benefit plan administration easier...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Connecticut Focuses on Fiduciary Standards for Municipal Plans

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Connecticut has been focused on the fiduciary standards of financial planners and retirement plan administrators in the wake of the now-defunct Department of Labor "fiduciary rule." With the goals of creating both...more

Baker Donelson

Are Discretionary Clauses In Employee Welfare Benefit Plans Prohibited In Kentucky?

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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most group employee benefit plans and pension plans in the private industry....more

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