News & Analysis as of

Retirement Plan › Multiple Employer Plan (MEP) › Defined Contribution Plans

Fisher Phillips

Retirement Plan Fiduciaries Must Adjust to New Era of ERISA Litigation: How a Recent SCOTUS Ruling and $39M Jury Award Changed the...

Fisher Phillips on

A Supreme Court decision in April made it easier for plaintiffs to keep ERISA prohibited transaction claims in play longer, and just days later a rare ERISA trial resulted in a huge win for a class of 401(k) plan...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Some of the hubbub over PEPs is nonsense

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on

In terms of the 401(k) plan business, I think the hype over pooled employer plans (PEP) will be the most over hype since the release of Crystal Pepsi....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Pentegra MEP sued

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on

If you become big enough, you can get sued. That is the lesson I tell everyone when someone mentions to me when a large plan provider or a large plan gets sued. Jerry Schlicter’s law firms has targeted the Pentegra Defined...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The SECURE Act: Significant Changes for Retirement Plans and IRAs

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Pepper Hamilton partner Paul L. Porretta and Troutman Sanders partner Mamta K. Shah recently hosted a webinar to discuss the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, better known as the SECURE Act,...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

New Year, New World: A Short Guide to the SECURE Act for Retirement Plan Sponsors and Administrators

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on

The SECURE Act, included as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, was signed into law on December 20, 2019. This new law contains many significant changes that may impact employer-sponsored benefit plans....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Retirement Plan Legislation Enacted Into Law

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on

On December 20, 2019, federal legislation approving spending limits for the 2020 fiscal year was signed into law. Included in the legislation is the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

DOL Seeks to Expand Small Business Retirement Plans by Issuing Final Rule on Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple...

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on

On July 29, 2019, the Department of Labor issued final rules clarifying when an employer group or association, or professional employer organization (“PEO”) may sponsor a defined contribution multiple employer retirement plan...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

DOL’s Final Rule on Association Retirement Plans: What It Means for the Retirement Industry

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on

The DOL’s newly released final regulation on “Association Retirement Plans” (ARPs) will make it easier for groups and associations of employers to jointly sponsor a combined 401(k) or other defined contribution plan. (These...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOL Move Expands Definition of 'Employer' For Multiple Employer Plans

Ballard Spahr LLP on

This week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its highly anticipated Final Rule, which allows working owners with no employees and companies in unrelated industries to band together to create a single defined...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Bipartisan Bill Paves the Way for Significant Retirement Plan Reforms

McDermott Will & Schulte on

The House recently passed the most significant piece of proposed retirement plan legislation in more than a decade: the SECURE Act. Although the Senate must also approve the bill before it becomes law, its proposed changes...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide