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President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order (EO) to facilitate retirement plans' investments in a wider range of assets, including cryptocurrency and private equity.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the petition for certiorari filed by Tenneco, an auto parts manufacturer, and its subsidiary, Driv Automotive, Inc., seeking to enforce an arbitration...

The U.S. Supreme Court has set aside court decisions from the Fifth, Sixth, and D.C. Circuits challenging vaccine requirements for federal employees.

In December 2024, the unlikely pairing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. introduced a bipartisan bill entitled the Patients Before Monopolies Act. Reps. Diana Harshbarger...

PHI Health LLC has filed suit against Anthem, alleging that the insurer and health plans it administers have failed to pay about $30 million in final payment determinations issued under the No Surprises Act (NSA)’s independent dispute resolution (IDR) process. The suit, which PHI filed in an Indiana federal district court, seeks over $1.3 million in interest on the payments that Anthem is accused of withholding.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a final rule that permanently increases the automatic extension period for certain immigrants' employment authorization documents (EADs).

A Fifth Circuit panel asked a former employee of International Bancshares Corp. to explain why an arbitration clause shouldn't govern his Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

A former equity partner at Husch Blackwell LLP has filed a proposed class action alleging that the law firm unlawfully withheld and misused employee 401(k) contributions.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently reported that under current federal income tax rules, employer-sponsored health plans could receive trillions in subsidies over the next decade. CBO analysts prepared the 2026 report with staff analysts from the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).

In 2023, various federal government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), unveiled four significant rules concerning employee benefits.

The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury recently issued a joint proposed rule that would create a new category of limited excepted benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that it is collecting voluntary data from retirement plan administrators to populate...

On April 28, 2026, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) celebrated 55 years of success in significantly decreasing workplace injury and death rates.

The new overtime rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is going into effect, and employers must ensure that their workplaces follow it.

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear a case during its next term that focuses on how multiemployer pension plans determine withdrawal liability when employers leave the plans.

A California appeals court recently allowed a nurse educator's retaliation lawsuit against her former employer to go forward.

In an ongoing battle over its deferred compensation plan, Morgan Stanley has asked a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to condemn the lower court's finding...