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Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Don’t Hire Your Payroll Provider As Your 401(k) TPA

I f you’re thinking of hiring your payroll provider to also serve as your 401(k) plan’s third-party administrator (TPA), stop. Think again. Then think again harder. I’ve been an ERISA attorney for more than 25 years. In that...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

You don’t have as much leverage as you think

As a plan fiduciary, I still can’t believe it. A Third Party Administrator (TPA) we terminated was trying to hold us up for valuations and a Form 5500 we paid for, as part of, annual administration. It was $80,000....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

E-disclosure should lower fees too

It’s great that the Department of Labor (DOL) has finally embraced the electronic disclosure of important ERISA notices. It took them a long time, but when your business is trying to protect participant rights, this is what...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Saying it’s always been done that way is a cop out

My experience at law school could probably be summed up by one event. For first-year law students, there is an event that everyone participates in and it’s called Moot Court where students argue a fictional appellate case in...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Theater of the Absurd

Chutzpah is nerve, shameless audacity. The best example of chutzpah is someone who kills their parents and asks the court for leniency because they’re an orphan. I’ve been in this business of ours for the past 20 plus...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Retirement Plan Advisors Advantage - November 2018

The Help Plan Providers Need And What They Don't. Avoid the people who want to sell you everything. When you're in business as a retirement plan provider, you will see that there is a surge of humanity that wants to...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

It’s a mistake to only focus on fees

I remember as a kid that there was move to use margarine because of the cholesterol that was in butter. Who can forget those talking Parkay carton commercials? Of course, we later learn that many margarines had high amounts...more

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