Ruling striking down ACA won’t affect coverage – yet
The opinion that the entire ACA can no longer stand would disrupt countless aspects of American healthcare, including rules for employer plans.
Law and legal issues
Myth: Life insurance is not taxable
While proceeds from life insurance are not subject to income tax, there are other taxes that will apply. But there are steps to take to avoid those liabilities too.
Benefits Think What the ACA means for today’s employers
Another legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has companies grappling with new business strategies and tactics.
Benefits Think What the ACA means for today’s advisers and employers
Another legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has advisers grappling with new business strategies and tactics.
New Obamacare lawsuit looks like another loser
A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act may well turn out to be a bigger story in the news than in the courts.
Trump sides with Texas, won’t defend Obamacare in court
The Trump administration is siding with Texas in the state’s bid to convince a federal judge that Obamacare is largely unconstitutional.
Benefits Think Supreme Court ends the debate and upholds class action waivers
In a major win for employers, SCOTUS held that arbitration agreements with class action waivers do not violate the National Labor Relations Act.
Christopher Ward
Foley and Lardner
Supreme Court says employers can bar worker class actions
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims.
The real reason why your 401(k) fees are falling
Mutual fund costs have fallen to 48 basis points in 2016 from 77 basis points in 2000 for plan participants, according to data from Investment Company Institute.
Fiduciary rule, RIP? Fate looks dim after court overturns regulation
Focus turns to the SEC as it considers creating its own higher standard of client care.
Employers aim to thwart class actions as Supreme Court term begins
Thehigh court opens its new term Monday with a reinforced conservative wing and a case that could give employers a powerful new tool to prevent their workers from filing class-action lawsuits.
Benefits Think Supreme Court rules church plans exempt from ERISA
Retirement and welfare plans are not subject to DOL regulation, reversing three appellate decisions on the matter.
Marissa Holob
Stroock
Top 10 business practices that can get an employer sued
Potential exposure to litigation can be reduced by identifying key business practices that need modification.
Benefits Think Supreme Court rules church plans exempt from ERISA
Retirement and welfare plans are not subject to DOL regulation, reversing three appellate decisions on the matter.
Marissa Holob
Stroock
Benefits Think Are incentive programs subject to ERISA?
Some bonus plans provide for accumulations, multi-year periods and mandatory referral, which could raise a red flag for regulators, says attorney Michael Melbinger.
Michael Melbinger
Winston & Strawn, LLP
Benefits Think Could incentive programs be subject to ERISA?
Some bonus plans provide for accumulations, multi-year periods and mandatory referral, which could raise a red flag for regulators, says attorney Michael Melbinger.
Michael Melbinger
Winston & Strawn, LLP
Senate Confirms Gorsuch As Supreme Court Justice
Democrats charge he favored corporations over working Americans as a federal appellate judge.
Benefits Think Here is how Trump will change the ACA
Promises to repeal Obamacare are proving to be more complicated then they sounded on the campaign trail. With those realities setting in, Peter Orszag, President Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, explores what happens next.
Peter Orszag
Lazard
Benefits Think Here’s how Trump will change the ACA
Promises to repeal Obamacare are proving to be more complicated then they sounded on the campaign trail. With those realities setting in, Peter Orszag, President Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, explores what happens next.
Peter Orszag
Lazard
Benefits Think Court drafts new joint employer test
Recently, a federal appeals ruling was the latest to craft new parameters, holding that a Maryland general contractor was responsible for unpaid wages for a drywall subcontractor’s employees
Paul R. Monsees
Foley & Lardner