How Employee Benefits Rules May Fare in the Post-‘Chevron’ World
How Employee Benefits Rules May Fare in the Post-‘Chevron’ World - Israel Goldowitz, Bloomberg Tax, August 15, 2024 (PDF)
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12 Attorneys from The Wagner Law Group to be Recognized in 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
12 Attorneys from The Wagner Law Group to be Recognized in 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© - The Wagner Law Group Press Release, Marcia Wagner, Thomas Clark, Jr., Andrew Oringer, Harold Ashner, David Gabor, Israel Goldowitz, Russell Gaudreau, Jr., Johanna...
HHS Issues Model HIPAA Attestation Form
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a model attestation form for any “Requested Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information Potentially Related to Reproductive Health Care.” The attestation is needed to comply with the Health...
New Regulations Strengthen Retirement Savings Protection
New Regulations Strengthen Retirement Savings Protection - Andrew Oringer, The Pinnacle Gazette, August 8, 2024 (PDF)
PBGC Nominee to Navigate Concerns Over Agency’s Pension Bailouts
PBGC Nominee to Navigate Concerns Over Agency’s Pension Bailouts - Israel Goldowitz, Bloomberg Tax, August 7, 2024 (PDF)
A New “One Percent” Tax Issue – Proposed IRS Regulations on the Excise Tax on Stock Repurchases
The Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), in an April 2024 follow-up to IRS Notice 2023-2, issued proposed regulations dealing with the one-percent excise tax under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 4501 on the fair...
ERISA Attorneys Outline Next Steps, Actions Item After DOL Fiduciary Rule Stays
ERISA Attorneys Outline Next Steps, Actions Item After DOL Fiduciary Rule Stays - Marcia Wagner, 40(k) Specialist, August 2, 2024 (PDF)
Retirement Industry People Moves
Retirement Industry People Moves - Denise Chicoine, Edward Englander and Bill Hoch, planadviser, August 2, 2024 (PDF)
Failure to Follow FMLA Regulations Could Cost Employer
n Mook v. City of Martinsville, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia has ruled that an employer’s failure to follow the procedure set forth in the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) when investigating an FMLA request precluded its motion to...
Retirement Security Rule Stayed
Last week was not a good week for the Department of Labor (“DOL”) in Texas. On July 25, the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in a civil action filed by the Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice, placed a stay on the DOL’s enforcement of its 2024...