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Sixth Circuit Rules Interest Rate Methodology Selected by Plan Actuary in Withdrawal Liability Calculation Violates ERISA

In a rare victory for employers that participate in multiemployer pension plans, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the interest rate memorialized in the Segal Blend actuarial assumption was inappropriate to use in...more

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Third Circuit Affirms $96 Million Withdrawal Liability Award Against Renco

In a major win for the Steelworkers Pension Trust (SPT), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld an award totaling $96 million in withdrawal liability and additional statutory penalties against the Renco Group,...more

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New Case Highlights Importance of Analyzing Personal Jurisdiction in ERISA’s Controlled Group Context

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The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that may make it harder for multiemployer pension funds to collect withdrawal liability:  GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Coleridge Fine Arts, No. 19-3161, 2020...more

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Private Equity Update: 1st Circuit Reverses Imposition of Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability

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The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 ("MPPAA") amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and the Internal Revenue Code to make "trade[s] or business[es]" that are under "common...more

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Recent Sun Capital Decision Provides Welcome Relief but Leaves Uncertainty

Key Points - The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a lower court decision which held that two affiliated private equity funds with indirect ownership interests in the same portfolio company were liable for...more

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First Circuit Finds That Funds Were Not Liable for Portfolio Company’s Pension Fund Withdrawal Liability

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On November 22, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that two separate private equity funds managed by the same general partner/management firm were not liable for the pension fund withdrawal...more

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Employment Flash - December 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its issuance of a decision suggesting two members would be willing to reconsider a precedent regarding surveillance of employees’ union activity. We...more

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Some Less Egregious Aggregation? – First Circuit Reverses the District Court in Sun Capital Partners

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The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the Sun Capital Partners case may allay some of the concerns that private-equity and other investment funds that acquire or invest in portfolio...more

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In Limited Ruling, Sun Funds Avoid Liability for Portfolio Company Pension Obligations

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First Circuit: Two affiliated funds did not form an implied partnership liable for pension obligations of a portfolio company, but private equity funds can still be subject to controlled group pension liability...more

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First Circuit Rules That Private Equity Funds Are Not Responsible For Portfolio Company Withdrawal Liability

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a long-awaited decision with significant impact for the private equity industry, in Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund, the United States Court of...more

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Recent Sun Capital Decision Reverses Lower Court's Ruling That Funds Are Liable for a Portfolio Company's Withdrawal Liability

The First Circuit, however, disagreed with the lower court. Analyzing the multi-factor test for establishing partnership status under federal tax court precedent and noting the lack of other formal guidance from regulators or...more

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Compensation and Benefits Insights – September 2019

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“Exit Contribution” an End-Run Around de minimis Withdrawal Liability - A recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund v. Four-C-Aire, Inc. (4th Cir. July...more

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Troubling Court Decision Sends Withdrawal Liability Warning To Employers

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A federal appeals court has handed multiemployer pension plans a blank check to assess increased withdrawal liability against employers exiting a plan. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Westrock RKT...more

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Marketplace Subsidy Notices – What Employers Should Know

As promised by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in late-2015, the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs) have started sending notices informing employers that employees have enrolled in a FFM and were...more

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Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2015 Edition: Buyer Beware – Court Lowers Hurdle to Make Claim for Withdrawal Liability...

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In Tsareff v. ManWeb Services, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an asset purchaser’s pre-closing knowledge of a seller’s potential multiemployer plan withdrawal liability could be sufficient...more

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More Withdrawal Liability for Unsuspecting Business Owners

I recently blogged about a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that tagged a buyer of the assets of a company contributing to a multiemployer plan with withdrawal liability that the seller had not paid. A recent Ninth...more

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More Ways to be Hit With Withdrawal Liability

I have blogged in the past about situations where employers unexpectedly found themselves liable for withdrawal liability imposed by a multiemployer plan. We can add a recent case from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to...more

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