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Portfolio Companies Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Private Equity Firms

Jackson Lewis P.C.

ERISA Withdrawal Liability: Uncertainty Remains Regarding Private Equity Entities’ Status as ‘Employers’

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Under ERISA’s multiemployer pension plan provisions (the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 or MPPAA), an employer who withdraws from a multiemployer pension plan normally is liable for withdrawal liability....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Viewpoints: Portfolio Company Pension Liabilities

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New York partner Bradd Williamson, Global Chair of Latham’s Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice, and Chicago partner Robin Struve discuss Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

First Circuit Hands Down Significant Private Equity Ruling in Sun Capital Litigation

In an important decision, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that two separate but related private equity funds – Sun Capital Partners III and Sun Capital Partners IV – are not jointly and severally liable...more

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