4 Suits Benefits Attys Should Watch as ESG Pressures Persist
4 Suits Benefits Attys Should Watch as ESG Pressures Persist - Andrew Oringer, Law360, March 17, 2025 (PDF)
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The Unprecedented and Once ‘Unthinkable’ State Street-Apollo ETF Rollout is Still Setting Off Alarm Bells
The Unprecedented and Once 'Unthinkable' State Street-Apollo ETF Rollout is Still Setting Off Alarm Bells - Ari Sonneberg, RIABiz, March 14, 2025 (PDF)
DOL Announces Indexed Penalties for Health and Welfare Plans
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has released a final rule that provides new figures reflecting the adjusted civil penalty amounts for 2025 for certain health and welfare plan violations. DOL is required to update these civil penalty amounts each year to reflect the...
Retirement Income Product Landscape
Retirement Income Product Landscape - Marcia Wagner, speaker, PLANSPONSOR 2025 National Conference, Chicago, IL, June 3 - 6, 2025 - Click here for details - Click here for PowerPoint presentation
Patients Target Insurers in Suits Over Flawed Doctor Directories
Patients Target Insurers in Suits Over Flawed Doctor Directories - Roberta Casper Watson, Bloomberg Law, March 13, 2025 (PDF)
Court Must Consider All Employment Factors in Making Disability Determination
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Scanlon v. Life Insurance Company of North America, has ruled that a court must fully consider the nature and the duties of a claimant’s job in a Long-Term Disability (“LTD”) benefits dispute. Facts. An employee...
Understanding Your Summary Plan Descriptions
Understanding Your Summary Plan Descriptions - Speaker, Lorman Education Services live CLE webinar, March 11, 2025, 1:00 - 2:05 PM (EDT)
Is Investment Performance a Fiduciary Duty?
Is Investment Performance a Fiduciary Duty? - Marcia Wagner, PLANSPONSOR, March 3, 2025 (PDF)
Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Interest Reporting: Game Off…for the Moment
The still short, but eventful history of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its controversial beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements, should have made it predictable that another bend in the road lay ahead. After the Treasury Department’s...
An ERISA Journey for ESG Via American Airlines by Way of Utah?
By Andrew Oringer, Barry Salkin, Jon Schultze and Ari Sonneberg Both supporters and opponents of the consideration of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) goals can point to decisions by U.S. district courts in 2025 that are consistent with their positions on...