The Pension Protection Act Blog

This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Jerry Kalish of The Retirement Plan Blog discusses the difference between S-Corp compensation and C-Corp compensation in So Now, Exactly What is Reasonable Compensation?
Roy F. Harmon III of the Health Plan Law blog provides an analysis of the 7th Circuit decision on when ERISA plan participants can successfully state [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Stephen Rosenberg of the Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog provides a great discussion of how the sub-prime mortgage mess is potentially morphing into huge ERISA litigation in Is Subprime the New Stock Drops.
Kevin Price of the The Float blog by Interlake Capital Management discusses Wasik on 401(k) Plans: [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Alberto Dominguez of the Economics, Finance & Investments blog posts about three new shareholder lawsuits against Merrill Lynch along with a lawsuit about their 401(k) plan in Bring on the Lawyers!
The Float by Interlake Capital Management writes about Newton’s First Law of Retirement Plans.
Stephen Rosenberg of the Boston ERISA [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Mark Toma of the Economist’s View blog writes about the proposal to allow financial firms to buy out frozen pension funds in Pension Funds Buyouts.
Roy F. Harmon III of the Health Plan Law blog discusses Ninth Circuit Applies “Time of Death” Rule for Evaluating Participant Status of Deceased Employee.
Stephen [...]

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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 [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Michael Hoes of the ERISA Class Action Watch discusses Miscellaneous 401(k) Fee Updates.
Broc Romanek of the TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog posts about Clawbacks and Careful Drafting, discussing a recent court decision about a corporation seeking return of compensation paid under a non-ERISA stock equity plan.
Barry Barnett of the Blawgletter provides [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Colin Servis of the Innovest Blog republishes as article by Brad Brewer about Fiduciary Responsibilities and Opportunities, originally published in the August 2007 issue of the CPA Journal.
Jerry Kalish of The Retirement Plan Blog provides Tax Deduction for ESOP was Twice as Nice in IRS Private Letter Ruling.
Roy F. [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Mitchell H.Rubinstein of the Adjunct Law Prof Blog briefly summarizes the recent 8th Circuit opinion in Health Plan Entitled to Restitution under Plan’s Subrogation Clause.
Stephen Rosenberg of the Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog provides The First Circuit’s Road Map for Terminating Benefit Plans.
Roy F. Harmon III of the [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Ben Glass of the InjuryBoard.com provides Tricks of the Disability Insurance Companies.
Stephen Rosenberg of the Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog discusses 401(k) Plans and Increasing Liability Risks for Fiduciaries.
Susan Mangiero of the Pension Risk Matters blog discusses the < a href="http://www.pensionriskmatters.com/2007/09/articles/disclosure-and-transparency/new-irs-form-mandates-governance-disclosures-for-non-profits-what-about-pensions" target="_blank">New IRS Form Mandates Governance Disclosures for [...]

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This week in the Employee Benefits world:
Michael Hoes of the ERISA Class Action Watch blog discusses the Suit Against Principal Alleges Misleading Mutual Fund Sales, involving Principal encouraging participants to rollover their funds into Principal’s “j class” shares.
Roy F. Harmon of the Health Plan Law provides an analysis of a recent opinion from the 11th [...]

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