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Mayer Brown

ESOP Update: Installment Sales Rules Save ESOP Footfall in Berman v. Comm’r

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Berman v. Comm’r,  released on July 16, 2024, is a great example of making lemonade when life hands you a lemon. Although the taxpayers lost the federal income tax deferral of a stock sale to an employee stock ownership plan...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

ESOP Q&A: What Is a Distribution Policy?

A distribution policy is a helpful tool for ESOP companies to comply with distribution requirements while retaining maximum flexibility. In a prior article, we reviewed the rules governing ESOP distributions. In this article,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employee Stock Ownership Plans for Construction Companies: Part 3

Following up on our prior blog posts (here and here) regarding employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) generally for constructions companies, as well specific issues for consideration, this blog post evaluates the pros and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employee Stock Ownership Plans for Construction Companies

In recent years, a growing number of construction companies have established employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). The interest in an ESOP is often generated by the need for an exit strategy for one or more of the owners of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Podcast: Discussing and Demystifying the IRS News Release on ESOPs

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This episode of the Holland & Knight Public Policy & Regulation Group's "Eyes on Washington" podcast series is guest hosted by the co-chairs of the firm's ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) practice, Renee Lewis and David...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Anatomy of an ESOP

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ESOPs can pay fair market value for the stock: Stock purchased by an ESOP must be appraised by an independent third party expert working with a trustee for the ESOP who must also be independent from the seller. The ESOP is...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

How to Attract and Retain Employees During the Great Resignation: Part 2 – Restricted Stock

The “Great Resignation” of 2021 and the low unemployment rates in the first half of 2022 have caused businesses to increase their focus on employee retention. What options do companies have to attract and retain employees in...more

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(A)ESOP’s Fables – The Income and Estate Tax-Free ESOP

If the pandemic was good for anything, it was TV watching. The pandemic may become known as the golden age of television. Since I was a foreign language major (Portuguese and Spanish) at West Point (mind you out of academic...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Deferring the Tax Hit on a Grant Equity to an Employee – Are You Prepared to Enforce the Forfeiture Provision?

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“Would I ever leave this company? Look, I’m all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I’m being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I’m going wherever they...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

New Legislation Benefiting 100% ESOP-Owned Defense Contractors

For over 20 years, Congress has provided powerful incentives for S corporations to sponsor employee stock ownership plans (“ESOPs”) through the tax code provisions that exempt all of the income of a 100% ESOP-owned S...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Reminder: Employers Must Report 2020 ISO and ESPP Transactions

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Deadlines are approaching for employers to report last year’s employee exercises of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan purchases. Corporations that offer incentive stock options (ISOs) or maintain a...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A “Vaccine” For COVID-19 ERISA Litigation

ERISA litigation tends to spike when economic uncertainty or turmoil rises. Although many things contribute to this historically verifiable trend, it is easiest for employers to think about just two of them. First, an...more

Morgan Lewis

CARES Act Provision May Help ESOP Companies

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A CARES Act provision offers some relief to employee stock ownership plans by allowing the suspension of required minimum distributions for 2020. In addition to providing individual stimulus payments and other...more

Burr & Forman

If Your Retirement Plan Holds Employer Securities, Keep an Eye on the Jander Case

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“Employer securities” in retirement plans have been the source of a significant amount of litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In general, “employer securities” are...more

Locke Lord LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Remands “Stock Drop” Case Back to Second Circuit

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The United States Supreme Court, in a per curiam decision, declined to address whether plan participants sufficiently alleged breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as...more

ArentFox Schiff

Supreme Court Opinion Sheds No Light on Elusive Stock-Drop Pleading Standard

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In January, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165, a case that promised to clarify the pleading standard applicable to ERISA stock-drop cases. But...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Supreme Court Vacates & Remands Plaintiff-Friendly Ruling in IBM “Stock Drop” Litigation

Brief Takeaway:  Plan sponsors that offer employer stock in their benefit plans can breathe a sigh of relief, as the Supreme Court vacated one of the only plaintiff-friendly rulings in ERISA “stock drop” litigation.  ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court Remands Case Back Seeking Clarification of the Dudenhoeffer Pleading Standard

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In Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, clarified the its opinion in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer, 573 U.S. 409 (2014), which set forth the duties that administrators...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - January 14, 2020

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two opinions: Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, No. 18-938: After petitioner Ritzen Group brought a breach of contract claim against respondent Jackson Masonry...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

E is for ERISA, That’s Good Enough for Me: Supreme Court remands IBM v. Jander back to Second Circuit

The United States Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion on Tuesday in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v Jander, punting back to the court of appeals the determination of whether plan fiduciaries can be liable under...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander

On January 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165, remanding the case to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether to address the views of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Declines To Rule on ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Pleading Standard for ESOP Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court today in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165 (2020) (per curiam), declined to resolve questions about the pleading standard for a breach of fiduciary duty claim against fiduciaries...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recently Issued IRS Snapshot Provides Guidance for S Corporation ESOPs

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• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an "Issue Snapshot" on preventing the occurrence of a nonallocation year for S corporation employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) under Section 409(p) of the Internal Revenue...more

Troutman Pepper

Investment Management Update – Exit Strategies

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Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Funds Services Practice Group, hosts a monthly webinar series for West LegalEdcenter. This month, Mr. Nowak, is joined by Richard Juliano,...more

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Investment Management Update – Exit Strategies (PowerPoint Slides)

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Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Funds Services Practice Group, hosts a monthly webinar series for West LegalEdcenter. This month, Mr. Nowak, is joined by Richard Juliano,...more

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