Marriage, Benefit Plan Sponsors, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

The beneficiary form and the need for no drama

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 3/2/2020

As a plan sponsor, you need to make sure that participant beneficiary forms are up to date. It’s not enough that you make sure that every participant has filled one out, you also have to make sure that they’re updated. Family...more

Same-Sex Marriage and Employment Discrimination: The Future of Sexual Orientation Bias Claims

Baker Donelson on 7/15/2015

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. In Oberfell v. Hodges, the Court held that Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment – commonly referred to as the Equal...more

Same Sex Marriage: Effect on Benefits

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 7/3/2015

The United States Supreme Court recently held in Obergefell v. Hodges http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf that all states must recognize and allow marriages between same sex partners. Depending on an...more

US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage

Morgan Lewis on 7/3/2015

Now that same-sex couples have the freedom to marry in every state, employers must consider whether plan amendments and administrative changes are necessary. On June 26, the US Supreme Court issued its landmark...more

Obergefell v. Hodges – Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal in All 50 States

Snell & Wilmer on 7/2/2015

In 2013, the Supreme Court, in United States v. Windsor, struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) which defined marriage, for Federal purposes, as between one man and one woman. The Windsor ruling...more

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

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