Employee Benefits, DOMA, Same-Sex Marriage

Employment And Labor Law Alert: Minnesota's Same-Sex Marriage Law: Effects On Employers

by Angela Bohmann, Jewelie Grape, Christina Sans | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 5/20/2013

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Governor Dayton signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota (H.F. 1054 and S.F. 925), effective August 1, 2013....more

Supreme Court Oral Arguments on DOMA, Proposition 8: Potential Employee Benefit Plan Implications

by Joseph S. Adams, Todd Solomon, Brian Tiemann | McDermott Will & Emery on 5/7/2013

On March 26 and 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8. A Supreme Court...more

Employers Should Review How Plan Documents Define Spouse in Light of Recent Benefits Litigation

by Lisa Loesel, Jacob Mattinson, Todd Solomon, Brian Tiemann | McDermott Will & Emery on 4/30/2013

Two recent cases challenging benefit eligibility for same-sex spouses highlight the need for employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans to clearly define "spouse" for eligibility purposes. Employers may want to review...more

Analysis of Oral Arguments in the Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases Before the Supreme Court [Video]

by LXBN on 3/29/2013

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two same-sex marriage cases. The issue at hand is likely the biggest one to go before the Supreme Court this year and a landmark case in our nation’s history....more

Same-Sex Marriage Cases: Are Your Benefit Plans Prepared?

by Christine Hawkins, Dipa N. Sudra | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/29/2013

News articles, social media, protests, and lunchroom conversation were all dedicated to the two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Hollingsworth v. Perry and Windsor v. United States could potentially transform...more

Supreme Court Review of Same-Sex Marriage Cases Could Require Significant Changes to Employee Benefits

by Nancy Campbell, Kevin J. Hogan | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/20/2013

In our 2012 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists, we indicated that there was a strong possibility that the Supreme Court would grant certiorari this term in a series of cases challenging Section 3 of the Defense of...more

Legal Alert: Supreme Court Set To Rule On Same-Sex Marriage

by Scott V. Wagner | FordHarrison on 12/14/2012

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving the issue of same-sex marriage; the Second Circuit's decision finding the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and a Ninth Circuit Decision...more

Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage

by David B. Weisenfeld | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 12/12/2012

The Supreme Court will address same-sex marriage for the first time in adding a pair of closely-watched cases from California and New York to its schedule. The New York case involves the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the...more

FMLA Leave For Same-Sex Couples To Be Clarified by Supreme Court's DOMA Decision?

by Jeff Nowak | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 12/11/2012

This past Friday, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would consider whether the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unlawfully denies benefits to gay and lesbian couples who are married in states that allow such...more

Domestic Partner and Same-Sex Marriage Laws: Approval of Washington Marriage Equality Act and Impact on Employee Benefits

by Richard Birmingham, Dipa N. Sudra | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/13/2012

On Nov. 6, 2012, Washington voters approved same-sex marriage in Washington state. This advisory explains the impact of this new law on employee benefit plans and procedures, and revisits the treatment of employee benefits...more

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Employment And Labor Law Alert: Minnesota's Same-Sex Marriage Law: Effects On Employers

Supreme Court Oral Arguments on DOMA, Proposition 8: Potential Employee Benefit Plan Implications

Employers Should Review How Plan Documents Define Spouse in Light of Recent Benefits Litigation

Analysis of Oral Arguments in the Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases Before the Supreme Court [Video]

Same-Sex Marriage Cases: Are Your Benefit Plans Prepared?

Supreme Court Review of Same-Sex Marriage Cases Could Require Significant Changes to Employee Benefits

Legal Alert: Supreme Court Set To Rule On Same-Sex Marriage

Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage

FMLA Leave For Same-Sex Couples To Be Clarified by Supreme Court's DOMA Decision?

Domestic Partner and Same-Sex Marriage Laws: Approval of Washington Marriage Equality Act and Impact on Employee Benefits

Results of State Voter Referendums on Same-Sex Marriage: Implications for Employee Benefit Plans

New York Appeals Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

Domestic Partner and Same-Sex Marriage Laws in Washington: Marriage Equality Act and Employee Benefits

Legal Alert: First Circuit Finds the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Unconstitutional

Departing from Prior Practice, DOJ Declines to Defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act

Analysis of Oral Arguments in the Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases Before the Supreme Court [Video]

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