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Game Changer for Pension Withdrawal Liability: Seventh Circuit Orders Return of Withdrawal Liability Payments

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Last Friday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s decision upholding an arbitration award requiring an employer to pay more than $2.3 million in...more

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Multiemployer Pension Plan Alert: Evergreen Clauses May Trump the Bargaining Parties’ Subsequent Agreement

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled that Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund may continue its lawsuit against Transervice Logistics, Inc. and Zenith Logistics, Inc. seeking...more

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When Dr. Strangelove Met Jimmy Hoffa

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Collective Bargaining Exemption to create a win-win situation for business owners and employees. ...more

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IRS Publishes 2019 Required Amendments List

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In our 2019 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 3) Qualified Plans, we suggested that sponsors of all qualified retirement plans should be on the lookout for the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) 2019 Required...more

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Fourth Circuit Rejects Retirees’ Claim for Vested Health Benefits

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The Fourth Circuit upheld an employer’s unilateral decision to amend a collective bargaining agreement to cap employer contributions to retiree health benefits and freeze Medicare reimbursements for hourly retirees...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - January 2017

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Editor’s Overview - In 2016, we saw a considerable uptick in the number and variety of excessive fee lawsuits commenced against plan fiduciaries of defined contribution plans. We begin the year by taking a look at these...more

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California Legislative Update: It's Now Up To The Governor

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The California Legislature completed its substantive legislative work for the year in the very early morning hours of Thursday, September 1, 2016, with the usual frenetic, last-minute flurry of bill-passing, including some...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Issue Long-Awaited Decision on Vesting of Retiree Health Care Benefits in Matthews v. Chicago Transit...

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On May 5th, nearly a full year after it heard oral arguments in the case, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its decision in Matthews v. Chicago Transit Authority, et al., addressing the interplay between a public sector...more

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How to Deal with Employees

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I always say that the main reason that I don’t want to have employees is because I was an employee once too. The union lawyers I worked with just didn’t understand the whole dynamic of the employer-employee relationship. They...more

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Draft Appropriations Bill Seeks to De-Fund Various Regulatory Efforts

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A draft House appropriations bill to fund various federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, for Fiscal Year 2016 includes several provisions that would effectively halt a number of controversial regulatory efforts....more

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Supreme Court Rules that Plan Fiduciaries Owe a Fiduciary Duty to Periodically Review Plan Investments

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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Tibble v. Edison International held that plan fiduciaries owe an ongoing duty to review plan investments periodically to ensure compliance with their obligations under the...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Review Sixth Circuit’s Pro-Union Inference in Retiree Health Insurance Benefits Cases

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The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to resolve a circuit split about how courts should interpret collective bargaining agreements that provide for health insurance benefits for retired employees in M&G Polymers...more

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Court of Appeals Issues Decision Regarding Vesting of School District Retiree Health Insurance Benefits

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On December 12, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals issued a decision in Kolbe v. Tibbetts, in which the Court addressed whether the Newfane Central School District could unilaterally alter the health insurance benefits of...more

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Union Friendly - Using Collectively Bargained Benefit Plans to Maximize Employee Benefit Plan Contributions for Closely Held...

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Overview - Part I and Part II have focused on the tax planning possibilities of small business owners and owners of professional corporations utilizing an exemption for collectively bargained plans. This exemption allows...more

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Doing Business in Canada: Pensions and Benefits

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Pension and benefit plans in Canada are delivered through a mix of public and private channels. Provincial governments provide basic universal health care to residents, while most employers supplement that coverage with...more

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