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12 Feb 2024, 4:04 am
The Company’s board of directors appointed a special committee to explore their strategic options, and the special committee ultimately settled on a plan to liquidate Hometown and spinoff the Sears Outlet business (the “Reorganization Plan”). [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 8:24 am
Retirement committees generally are not required under ERISA but they can be a valuable tool for organizing the administrative responsibilities of an employee benefit plan. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 9:32 am
Disler, Cofounder of the Women’s Initiative of Epstein Becker Green, recently wrote a Law360 article on employee benefits, her chief area of practice in her capacity as Chair of the firm’s National Employee Benefits Steering Committee. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 5:01 am
" The Committee received testimony from the Chairman of the SEC, Mary Schapiro. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 5:16 pm
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Council, immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Group and current Co-Chair of its Welfare Benefit Committee, Vice-Chair of the ABA TIPS Employee Benefits Committee, a council member of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, and past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance… [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 7:07 am
Our Employee Benefits team plans to provide updates regarding the results of ongoing litigation related to health and welfare plan fiduciary liability as things develop. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 12:23 pm
Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, past Chair and current committee Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Section Employee Benefits Group, Vice Chair of the ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section Employee Benefits Committee, former Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group, a former … [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 5:39 pm
DOL is working on a re-proposal to amend the definition of the term “fiduciary” to more broadly define as fiduciaries, employee benefits plans, and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) those persons who render investment advice to plans and IRAs for a fee. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 4:00 am
The ULC Committee is developing a Uniform Act on the topic, known familiarly as FADA. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 3:15 pm
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Council, immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Group and current Co-Chair of its Welfare Benefit Committee, Vice-Chair of the ABA TIPS Employee Benefits Committee, a council member of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, and past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance… [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 11:58 am
Update your fiduciary committee charters and best practices to ensure that they are still really “best practices”. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 3:00 am
Employees who act in a fiduciary capacity at a plan sponsor (perhaps because they are on an investment or benefits committee that selects investment options and providers) have a duty to monitor these arrangements, understand the types of services being provided and how the financial institutions are being compensated, and determine whether or not these arrangements are reasonable. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 10:15 am
The Committee is Chaired by Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD).Noting that proper economic analysis of the Dodd-Frank regulations is not happening, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Committee’s Ranking Member, asked for a commitment from the SEC, CFTC and the banking agencies that they would comply with the OMB guidance on cost-benefit analysis, which essentially codifies the President’s two Executive Orders in this area. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 7:00 am
The article highlighted one investment adviser group (the Committee for Fiduciary Standard) who is lobbying Congress to adopt a strong fiduciary duty standard. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 5:18 am
Since the beginning, SIFMA has raised significant concerns about the proposal and lack of cost-benefit analysis on a rule that would affect millions of IRA holders and plan participants. [read post]
8 Jan 2010, 10:37 am
Nonetheless, a board should not view this decision as allowing it to ignore the benefits and detriments of various courses of action before selling the assets of a company or shutting its doors. [read post]
8 May 2011, 3:05 pm
My fellow panelists and I developed this program to guide attorneys through the ERISA fiduciary minefields, address best practices for fiduciaries, discuss practical realities regarding case management and settlement, and recommend action steps for counsel to investment committees, board members and the advisers, consultants, appraisers, custodians and managers who provide products and services to employee benefit plan sponsors. [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 6:15 am
Such documentation can take the form of meeting minutes, memos or committee resolutions. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 9:56 am
Since the beginning, SIFMA had raised significant concerns about the proposal and lack of cost-benefit analysis on a rule that would affect millions of IRA holders and plan participants.In earlier testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee, SIFMA asserted that the proposed rule was in conflict with Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which authorizes the SEC to establish a uniform fiduciary standard of care for brokers and advisors providing personalized… [read post]
1 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
Although the Proposed Rule extends beyond recommendations to roll retirement assets out of employee benefit plans, the Proposed Rule’s preamble and public comments by DOL officials indicate a particular desire for rollover advice to be considered fiduciary advice, given that such decisions often involve the bulk of an individual’s retirement savings. [read post]
