Pension Protection Act Blog

This week in the Employee Benefits world:

Congrats to Paul M. Secunda and Richard Bales of the Workplace Prof Blog, for reaching the 500,000 hits milestone. The Workplace Prof Blog contains an excellent mix of labor and employee benefits law, and is a must read each week.

Tom Lydon of the EFTtrends blog explains EFTs in 401(k) Plans: The Technology is Here.

Roy F. Harmon III of the Health Plan Law blog provides State Supreme Court Hold ERISA Subrogation Provisions Unenforceable.

Prof. A. Benjamin Spencer of the Split Circuits blog examines a split between the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in S.D. Tex. Notes Split Re Meaning of “Full and Fair Review” Under ERISA.

Stephen Rosenberg of the Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog discusses the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term on the first Monday in October with Is the Supreme Court Setting Out to Alter the Law of ERISA?

Brian M. Peterson of Brian Peterson’s West Virginia Legal Weblog covers the opening of the Supreme Court’s term with U.S. Supreme Court to Decide 7 Employment Cases.

Barry Barnett of the Blawgletter provides an analysis of this week’s case from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on welfare benefit plans in Second Circuit Orders ERISA Sub-Class.

The Buck Stops Here Live Radio Show provides a short History of ERISA.

Michael N. Marcus of the For the First Time blog provides 1875: The First Private Pension Plan in the US.

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