JENNIFER WONG and NICOLAS DEGUINES, April 29, 2021 On April 14, 2021, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) issued its first cybersecurity guidance for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, recordkeepers, and plan participants.1 Intended to complement EBSA’s regulations on electronic records and disclosures to plan participants and beneficiaries, the guidance is comprised […]
Retirement Plans
CATHERINE REAGAN and R. BRADFORD HUSS, April 29, 2021 In an emerging theory of liability, plan fiduciaries’ treatment of participants’ personal data is coming under scrutiny. Over the last five years, we have seen how the collection of many individuals’ personal data can become a valuable asset in the right hands — whether it’s used […]
T. KATURI KAYE and CATHERINE L. REAGAN, January 14, 2021 Signed by the President in December, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) combines COVID-19 stimulus relief with a number of year-end appropriations bills, and it includes numerous provisions that will impact retirement plans. The retirement plan relief provisions in the CAA are divided between (1) […]
ROBER R. GOWER, November 12, 2020 On October 30, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) amending the investment duties regulation under Section 404(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The significant and much-anticipated Final Rule updates the existing investment duties regulation framework to provide […]
BRYAN J. CARD, August 27, 2020 On June 19, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-50 (the “Notice”), which provided much needed guidance on Section 2202 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). Section 2202 of the CARES Act provides economic relief to certain individuals who have been […]
YATINDRA PANDYA, July 9, 2020 Background On May 27, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule on electronic disclosures, creating an additional voluntary fiduciary safe harbor for electronically providing participant disclosures required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The effective date of this final rule […]
ROBERT R. GOWER, July 9, 2020 On June 30, 2020, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a Proposed Rule in the Federal Register seeking to formalize guidance concerning environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in selecting investments for plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Background ESG […]
ADRINE ADJEMIAN and ROBERT R. GOWER, June 8, 2020 On May 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a limited set of FAQs providing administrative guidance addressing the special “coronavirus-related distribution” (CRD) and plan loan provisions under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). As anticipated, the guidance draws […]
FREEMAN L. LEVINRAD and NICHOLAS J. WHITE, May 26, 2020 On May 21, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule on electronic disclosures, which is scheduled to be published on May 27th. The final rule allows employers to deliver participant disclosures primarily electronically. The DOL anticipates this will reduce plan costs by […]
RON ASSADI and NICHOLAS J. WHITE, May 18, 2020 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic (the “Pandemic”), on April 28, 2020, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01 (the “Notice”). The Notice addresses the following issues as impacted by the Pandemic: (i) deadlines for providing participant disclosures and notices; (ii) […]
CATHERINE L. REAGAN and KEVIN E. NOLT, April, 2020 (Updated May 1, 2020) In response to the coronavirus pandemic, on April 10, 2020 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23, extending the deadlines for the time-sensitive actions set forth in Revenue Procedure 2018-58 to July 15, 2020.1 These extensions apply to certain retirement plan […]
T. KATURI KAYE and BRYAN J. CARD, March, 2020 On March 27, 2020, the United Sates Congress passed the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), the largest rescue bill to date, which provides economic relief to individuals, businesses, local and state governments, and health care systems financially impacted by […]
CRAIG P. HOFFMAN, December, 2019 The most far-reaching pension reform legislation in 13 years was passed by Congress and is expected to be signed into law by President Trump today as part of the budget bill funding the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement […]
R. BRADFORD HUSS, CRAIG P. HOFFMAN, CATHERINE L. REAGAN, November, 2019 401(k) plans have been with us for almost 40 years. Over that time, the focus for most plans has been on helping participants accumulate savings that will be consumed in retirement. With the decline in defined benefit plans, 401(k) plans are providing a large […]
Shannon Oliver, November, 2019 On November 6, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2019-59, containing the cost-of-living adjustments related to retirement plan limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). These changes will take effect on January 1, 2020. Below are some of the highlights. Limitations That Have Increased The limitation on the annual […]
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