On February 24th, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (together, “the Agencies”) released Final forms revisions and Final Rules related...more
Yesterday, the Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the “CAA”) to fund the government through September 30, 2023. Division T of the legislation is the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”), which builds...more
The Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently finalized a regulation amending the rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), related to the selection of plan investments and the...more
On September 6, 2022, the Department of Labor (the “Department”) published an Interpretive Bulletin entitled “Independence of Employee Benefit Plan Accountants” (the “Bulletin” or “IB 2022-01”) superseding previous guidance...more
Parties involved in a Department of Labor (“DOL”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) investigation often ask a simple question: how much information am I obligated to provide the DOL in response to an...more
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On December 30, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2021-03 (“FAB 2021-03”). FAB 2021-03 announces the DOL’s temporary enforcement policy for group health plan service...more
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) issued its enforcement fact sheet showing that EBSA recovered $1.9 billion from its investigations during the fiscal year ended September 30th, 2021, underscoring that...more