Woman-Owned Employee Benefits Law Firm of the Year – USA
2025 Woman-Owned Employee Benefits Law Firm of the Year - USA - The Wagner Law Group, IE 100 Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2025 (PDF)
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Overcoming Hiring and Firing Obstacles
Overcoming Hiring and Firing Obstacles - Katherine Brustowicz, presenter, National Business Institute's Advanced Human Resources Law webinar, December 17, 2025, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST) - Click here for details and registration
Tackling Executive Employment Arrangements and Compensation Issues With Finesse
Tackling Executive Employment Arrangements and Compensation Issues With Finesse - Marcia Wagner, presenter, National Business Institute's Advanced Human Resources Law webinar, December 17, 2025, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST) - Click here for details and registration
Fidelity Unit Warns of ‘Massive Outages Across Major Fidelity Platforms,’ in New Lawsuit
Fidelity Unit Warns of 'Massive Outages Across Major Fidelity Platforms,' in New Lawsuit - Ari Sonneberg, RIABiz, November 17, 2025 (PDF)
Employer Avoids COBRA Penalties By Documenting Notification Procedures
In Casillas-Guardiola v. Bayer Puerto Rico, the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ruled that a terminated employee who claimed she did not receive a COBRA election notice was not entitled to penalties because the employer documented that the proper...
IRS Announces 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustments Affecting Retirement Plans
The Internal Revenue Service announced cost-of-living adjustments affecting certain dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related limitations for 2025 in Notice 2025-67. The following chart details 2026 retirement plan dollar limitation...
The Wagner Law Group’s Washington, D.C. Office Benefits Bulletin Newsletter
Our periodic Washington D.C. newsletter highlights the expertise of our Wagner Law Group attorneys analyzing legislative, regulatory and other cutting-edge benefits issues arising from activity in Washington or other important jurisdictions. Our office members are...
Nation’s Top Employee Benefits Lawyers Organization Holds Celebratory Dinner
Nation's Top Employee Benefits Lawyers Organization Holds Celebratory Dinner - The Wagner Law Group Press Release, November 10,2025 (PDF)
IRS Announces 2026 PCORI Fee
IRS has released Notice 2025-61, which provides the “applicable dollar amount” for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“PCORI”) fee for plan years that end on or after October 1, 2025, and before October 1, 2026. Background. PCORI was established under...
Court Explains Standards for Waiver of ERISA Rights
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled, in Schuyler v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, that an insurer failed to demonstrate that a long-term disability (“LTD”) plan participant had “knowingly and voluntarily” waived her ERISA rights. Law. An...