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The U.S. Department of Labor has released the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2024. These adjustments apply to a wide range of benefit-related civil monetary...

On November 22, 2022, The US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that allows plan fiduciaries to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when they choose retirement investments and exercise shareholder rights.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its final safe harbor regulations establishing a time frame within which participant contributions and loan payments will be considered timely deposited to an employee benefit plan.

On April 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the final version of the investment advice fiduciary regulations that were proposed last April.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other agencies today announced the immediate reopening of the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) portal for the initiation of certain new single...

On March 15, 2018, in Chamber of Commerce of the USA, et al. v. U.S. Dep't of Labor et al., the Fifth Circuit nullified the "Fiduciary Rule."

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit appeared skeptical of an arbitration provision in a legal technology company's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

In the Tax Notes article, "IRS Opinion Letters Coming Soon for Preapproved Retirement Plans," principal Elizabeth Dold discussed the significance of the IRS June 1 announcement...

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the "PPA," the "Act") was signed by President Bush on August 17, 2006. The Employee Benefits practice group of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP has issued a series of reports that summarize selected provisions of the Act. The following is the first in the series and provides an overview of the major changes.

Employers now have official guidance regarding the much discussed employee social security tax obligations.

According to data from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), which has 31,000 member employers...

What happens when an ERISA-governed disability claim is denied solely under the "own occupation" provision, but a reviewing district court concludes the claimant is entitled to "own" occupation benefits?

In Schweitzer v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas held that an employee retirement fund established by a newly spun-off entity...

A federal district court judge has denied a motion to dismiss a proposed class action suit against The Cigna Group over mishandling of its 401(k) plan, which holds about $13 billion in assets for about 93,000...

Disability claimants often attack the ERISA plan's expert medical reviewer as biased, sometimes seeking discovery in an attempt to show bias.

Seyfarth Synopsis: If an ERISA plaintiff establishes a fiduciary breach, expect the computation of damages to be a complicated process that may enhance damages through judgment.

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that once a multi-employer pension fund accelerates withdrawal liability periodic payments into a lump sum liability