Major milestones are a good opportunity to pause, reflect, and think about where we are heading. This year is a major milestone for the retirement industry as the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

Mull v. Motion Picture Ind. Health Plan educates employers on the basics of the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) governing plan documents and summary plan ...

Administrators of all employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) should ensure their plans' compliance with ERISA's Summary Plan Description (SPD) ...

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted on Labor Day 1974 by President Gerald Ford to provide greater protection for employees participating in workplace benefit plans. More ...

At the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), health and welfare plans governed by ERISA have become the topic of far-reaching compliance mandates and ...

One of the original policy objectives of ERISA was to regulate employee benefit plans at the federal level so that these plans would: Be governed by a uniform body of federal laws. Not be subject to a ...

The interim ruling permits the lawsuit to proceed to discovery and emphasizes the importance of language included in summary plan descriptions. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...

During the third quarter of 2019, 21 ERISA-related lawsuits were filed and/or updated. Each event represents the involved parties either reaching a settlement, filing an appeal or a court decision was ...

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