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The ERISA Industry Committee is backing a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) bill that would establish a fiduciary duty under...

CVS Caremark has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle claims by Oklahoma pharmacies that the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)...

Michael Sweet was quoted in the "Associated Press" article "Detroit Pension Proposal Would Shut Out New Hires."

Michael Sweet was quoted in the Debtwire article "Stockton Says It is Not Affected by CalPERS New Assumptions, but Market has Doubts."

Sometimes in the rush to meet Rule 23(a) and (b)’s requirements, what gets overlooked is whether there is any underlying claim in the first place.

Under the reporting and disclosure rules in the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), most employee benefit plans must file an annual report ("Form 5500"), generally within seven months after the end of the plan's year.

The IRS announced today that the dollar limits applicable to tax-qualified retirement plans will not increase for 2016.

The sponsors of those plans are permitted to reduce the pension benefits payable to plan participants and beneficiaries if certain conditions are satisfied.

The Pension Protection Act permits, within limits, owners of IRA’s and Roth IRA’s who are over age 70-1/2 to make a direct transfer from the account to a qualified charity on a tax-free basis

The IRS has issued Rev. Proc. 2013-12 to provide updated guidance on the voluntary correction program for employee retirement plans.

The Treasury Department recently released proposed (REG-102648-15) and temporary (T.D. 9723) regulations to implement the Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014...

The Worcester Business Journal published "Four Year-End Tax Planning Tips" by John Shoro, offering practical tax-saving advice following the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

This compliance release by the DOL is unusual because it represents the federal government singling out an entire class of investments that it believes to be imprudent.

On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, titled "Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors," that is intended to increase access...

A federal district court dismissed an equitable estoppel claim brought by a pension-plan participant seeking to prevent the plan from recouping an overpayment.

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), fiduciary responsibility lies at the heart of retirement-plan governance. The statute imposes on plan sponsors the duties of loyalty...

The sixth edition of Jenner & Block's ERISA Litigation Handbook provides a primer on the issues presented and procedures followed in litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

A federal district court in Ohio dismissed retirees' claims for lifetime healthcare benefits from Honeywell.