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The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has published updated civil penalties. The new penalty amounts, which became effective March 17, 2022, apply to violations occurring on or after November 5, 2021 and are based on an annual inflation factor of...
Grayscale CEO’s Threatened Lawsuit Against the SEC, in Case it Rejects His Firm’s Spot-Bitcoin ETF Application – Ari Sonneberg, RIABiz, April 1, 2022 (PDF)
Rhode Island Employment Law 2022: Key Leave Issues, Common Discrimination Claims, Independent Contractors, and More National Business Institute (NBI) Live Online Seminar May 26, 2022 David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz Click here for details Use Promo...
Forthcoming Developments and Employee Benefits - Marcia Wagner, RightBRIDGE Summit, sponsored by CapitalROCK, March 24, 2022 - PowerPoint presentation available here
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Taxpayers Beware: Don’t Let a Mismatch between Your State’s Tax Laws and the Federal Rules for Deducting Contributions Result in Overpaying Your State Tax on Retirement Distributions. Recordkeeping and Professional Advice...
Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, and Fiduciary Litigation - Christopher Suh, panelist, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) 23rd Annual Estate Planning Conference 2022, April 26, 2022 - Click here for details
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Anderson v. Nations Lending Corporation, has ruled that an employer’s decision to terminate an employee after returning from FMLA leave did not violate the FMLA because the employee would have been terminated for job...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Alves v. Hewlett-Packard Comprehensive Benefits Plan, has found that a welfare benefit plan’s claims administrator did not abuse its discretion in denying a participant’s claim for long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits because...
ERISA Considerations In Using Brokerage Window Investing - Law360, March 10, 2022 (PDF)
Reasoning that “the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to the public health and safety of the Nation,” President Biden has extended the COVID-19 National Emergency, which was declared on March 13, 2020, and was scheduled to end March 1, 2022. This...