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My colleague Patty Moran authored an article recently published in Bloomberg BNA about the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility rules that took effect this month.

In this volume, we have collected the 52 weekly blog posts that comprise the series entitled, The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers.

The attorneys who represented the employees in a class action filed a motion with the trial court for approval of a settlement of the action and also for an award of attorneys' fees

My colleague Patricia Moran, was quoted in the Bloomberg BNA article entitled Cadillac Tax Isn't Being Sent to the Junkyard Yet in which she advises employers on strategic use of the two-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's Cadillac tax.

On September 30, 2013, California Governor Brown signed into law a bill that limited such waiting periods to 60 days for California insurers.

Sponsors of large, self-funded health plans struggling with the new Health Plan ID requirement received a last-minute reprieve from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new versions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Notices of Exchanges.

Wrap documents offer a way to bring employers back into compliance and ensure all required components of an ERISA SPD are satisfied.

An Illinois federal district court judge has approved an agreement for Jeffrey Bemoras and Apex Management Group I Inc. to pay $1.3 million into a settlement fund in a suit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor...

Alden Bianchi comments on what employers should be doing in light of the recently released final ACA regulations in an article published by U-T San Diego.

My colleague Alden Bianchi, was quoted in the Inside Counsel article entitled Delay in Implementing Cadillac Tax Raises Questions on Health Insurance.

The Maryland General Assembly recently passed a bill that will further delay the implementation of the Maryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.

The National Council of Insurance Legislators has developed a model bill that would enable states to provide income tax credits to employers offering individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements. With only Indiana currently offering such credits and other states like Georgia and Ohio considering similar legislation, this development could significantly impact how small businesses approach employee health coverage. The model targets businesses with 2-50 employees and has garnered support from major

On May 10, 2012, a bill was introduced (A2654) to disqualify individuals from receiving unemployment insurance benefits when their severance payments significantly exceed the average annual pay for all workers in the state.

The Ninth Circuit held that a plan administrator's failure to render a decision on a long-term disability benefits claim within the period mandated by the plan and ERISA did not alter the standard of review...

After hearing arguments in April 2026, a Seventh Circuit panel declined to overturn a lower court ruling dismissing a union fund’s challenge to an Arkansas rule affecting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The case is Central States Southeast & Southwest Areas Health & Welfare Fund et al. v. McClain, Case Number 25-2727, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

On April 6, 2016, the US Department of Labor posted final versions of the updated summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) template and instructions, updated uniform glossary and other associated materials.