
1. ERISA is signed in 1974
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2. PBGC is established
ERISA set forth a framework that certain retirement benefits and other benefits couldnt be subject to alienation, says Matthew Whitehorn, a partner and chair of Dilworth Paxsons employee benefits group. It protected employees from the possibilities of losing their benefits and protects pension benefits from things like bankruptcy.
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3. EBSA oversight
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4. The Retirement Equity Act of 1984
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5. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
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6. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989
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7. The Pension Protection Act of 2006
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8. <i>Patterson v. Shumate</i>
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9. <i>Fort Halifax Packing v. Coyne</i>
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10. <i>Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer</i>
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11. <i>Tussey v. ABB, Inc. </i>
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