The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released eagerly anticipated guidance on Friday, March 27, 2020, aimed at employers wishing to take advantage of the tax credits for providing employees with paid sick leave and paid family...more
3/31/2020
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The stories of an employer and a long-term disability insurer and claims fiduciary for an ERISA plan, defendants in two recent cases, ring so true. In the first case, the insurer was designated as claims fiduciary for an...more
5/19/2017
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AffOn Tuesday, September 30, federal Judge Ronald White of the Eastern District of Oklahoma ruled in Pruitt v. Burwell that the plain text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) does not allow for the...more