Publications

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans May Need to Be Updated for Revised Claims Regulations Relating to Disability Determinations

J. MARC FOSSE, August 2017   While nonqualified deferred compensation plans (“Nonqualified Plans”) are generally exempt from most of the substantive provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), Nonqualified Plans are still subject to ERISA’s enforcement provisions, including claims regulations implementing section 503 of ERISA. For that reason, a Nonqualified Plan must […]

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2018 Annual Open Enrollment Is Here – Are Your Health and Welfare Plans Ready?

TIFFANY N. SANTOS, August 2017   It’s that time of year again for employers and plan sponsors with calendar-year plans — time for annual open enrollment. Here are some items plan sponsors and plan administrators may wish to consider as they prepare amendments and enrollment materials to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements for the […]

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18-Month Delay for Fiduciary Rule’s Transition Period

ADRINE ADJEMIAN, August 2017   On Thursday, August 31, 2017, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) published a proposed extension of the transition period and applicability date for the fiduciary regulation’s (the “Fiduciary Rule”) best interest contract exemption (the “BICE”) and the principal transaction exemption. The DOL proposed amendment would also extend the applicability date of […]

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Does the Trump Administration Control the Fate of the ACA?

MARY POWELL, August 2017   On August 16th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that it would make September cost-sharing reduction payments (“CSR Payments”) to health insurance carriers that offer eligible plans on the public insurance exchanges. CSR Payments are a key component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), […]

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Breaking Down The Graham-Cassidy ACA-Replacement Proposal

ERIC SCHILLINGER, August 2017    Originally published by Law360.com on August 4, 2017.    In the early hours of Friday, July 28, Republican-led efforts to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were rebuffed on the Senate floor. By roughly 1:40 a.m., three Republican Senators — Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, […]

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Potential Impact of Senate Health Care Bill: A Closer Look

ERIC SCHILLINGER, June 2017    Originally published by Law360.com on June 28, 2017.    On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans unveiled a “discussion draft” of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), a bill that seeks to repeal, replace, revise or delay many of the federal health care laws enacted in 2010 by the […]

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