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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued the final maximum out-of-pocket (“OOP”) limits that will apply to non-grandfathered group health plans for plan years beginning in 2026. The OOP limits are based on estimates of employer-sponsored health...
DOL’s Plan Forfeiture Amicus Brief ‘Significant,’ Legal Experts Say - Andrew Oringer, PLANSPONSOR, July 17, 2025 (PDF)
In a surprising development in the series of forfeiture allocation cases filed under ERISA alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions by plan fiduciaries, the DOL has filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief, in an action to which it is not a...
Vanguard Sued by Direct-Indexing Founders for Allegedly Cajoling a Deal for Just Invest - Ari Sonneberg, RIABiz, July 16, 2025 (PDF)
Labor Department’s Support for HP Could Turn Tide in Wave of 401(K) Forfeiture Lawsuits, Experts Say - Andrew Oringer, Pensions & Investments, July 15, 2025 (PDF)
By Ari Sonneberg and Barry Salkin On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (The OBBB), a spending and tax bill that includes signature policies of the President’s second-term agenda. The OBBB is an extension of the President’s...
Mental Health Parity Rules and Requirements for Plan Sponsors and Administrators - Robert Watson, panelist, Strafford live CLE webinar, September 23, 2025, 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EDT) - Click here for details and registration
By Katherine Brustowicz, Denise Chicoine, David Gabor, Johanna Matloff and Virgina Peabody I. Massachusetts: Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect In February 2025, the Wagner Law Group reported on amendments to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act, which included new data...
On June 30, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a withdrawal liability case, M&K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund, that could affect most of the nation’s 1,400 multiemployer plan. Like most multiemployer plans, the IAM Fund...
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Stanley v. City of Sanford, has resolved a dispute between several U.S. Courts of Appeal by ruling that a retiree does not have standing to sue under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Law. The ADA prohibits employers from...