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New Disability Claims Procedures Affect Retirement Plans and Deferred Compensation Plans Too

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Much has been written about the Department of Labor’s final rule regarding disability benefit claims procedures (the “Final Rule”), which took effect on April 2, 2018. And by now, most employers – and all disability insurance...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing for Tax Reform: The Current State of Play on Proposed Changes to Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

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On November 16, 2017, the House of Representatives voted to approve its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the bill following the Thanksgiving break, which would require a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Executive Compensation Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: The End of Executive Compensation As We Know It

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If enacted, the newly proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would effectively put an end to many of the most widely used forms of executive compensation: - Deferred compensation and stock options would disappear. - Use of...more

Snell & Wilmer

Ninth Circuit Rules that Stock Rights Plan is Not Subject to ERISA

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In a case of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, the Court held that the Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Stock Rights Plan (“SRP”) was not subject to ERISA because its primary purpose was not to provide deferred compensation or...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Disclaimer in Top-Hat Plan Could Save Millions for Employer

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Do you have a top-hat plan? That’s a plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees...more

Morgan Lewis

Fifth Circuit Holds Deferred Compensation Plan Is Governed by ERISA

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The decision details important implications for employers that use deferred compensation arrangements....more

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