In This Issue:
- A Good Retirement Plan Doesn't Grow On Trees:
It's not in the water either. It doesn't grow on trees, it's not in the water, and it doesn't happen by accident. It didn't happen overnight, it didn't happen in a vacuum, and it certainly didn't come out of thin air...
- The Top 10 Wrong Ideas That Plan Sponsors Have About Their Retirement Plans:
Some plan sponsors have no idea. People can get the wrong idea at times. I'll never understand what Fred Silverman was thinking when he made Jean Doumanian the successor to Lorne Michaels as Executive Producer of Saturday Night Live or when he imported Pink Lady, a Japanese singing group who spoke no English as the newest stars of a variety show...
- Another 10 Wrong Ideas That Plan Sponsors Have About Their Retirement Plans:
Better than most sequels. Most of the time, sequels suck. Except for perhaps Terminator 2 and The Godfather Part II, most sequels are like such bombs as Caddyshack II and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure. Despite this dislike of sequels, giving Plan Sponsor advice they can understand is a pillar of my law firm. So this article is about another ten wrong ideas that plan sponsors may have about their retirement plans.
- When you get a call about your Plan, call an ERISA Attorney:
Better than calling Ghostbusters. It's unfortunate, but the facts are that most people don't respond to a complaint until there is a letter from an attorney. Service providers and companies hate correspondence from attorneys because that suggests litigation...
- Make Sure You Check a Plan Provider's Credentials:
It's best you do. We've all made that mistake. We should know better, but when it comes to hiring people, we take their word for it instead of doing 5 minutes of detective work...
- 5 Years in the Making:
Thank you everyone. This April, will mark 5 years since I started my own law practice dedicated to retirement plans/ERISA...
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