Editor's Overview -
In this month's newsletter, we focus on the recent wave of guidance and case law related to the Affordable Care Act. We also discuss IRS Notice 2015-86, which provides guidance on the application of...more
1/4/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Automatic Enrollment ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Good Faith ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
HRA ,
IRS ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
PBGC ,
Preventive Health Care ,
Qualified Retirement Plans ,
SCOTUS ,
US v Windsor ,
Wellness Programs
Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2015-86, providing guidance on the application of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to qualified retirement plans and health and welfare...more
Editor's Overview -
This month we take a look at how the lower courts have been dealing with claims for retiree health benefits after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, 135 S. Ct. 926...more
12/1/2015
/ Ambiguous ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
IRS ,
M&G Polymers v Tackett ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Retirement Plan ,
SCOTUS ,
Spouses ,
Vesting ,
Wellness Programs
On October 21, 2015, the IRS issued proposed regulations to clarify the treatment of same-sex spouses for federal tax purposes. By way of background, in 2013, the United States Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor...more
10/27/2015
/ DOMA ,
Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
Federal Taxes ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
IRS ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Spouses ,
US v Windsor
Editor's Overview -
This month's article by Lindsey Chopin discusses Affordable Care Act ("ACA") litigation. Just five years old, the Supreme Court has considered issues related to the ACA numerous times. Two of those...more
7/29/2015
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Chapter 11 ,
Class Certification ,
Clawbacks ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Due Process ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Protection ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
General Motors ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Individual Mandate ,
IRS ,
King v Burwell ,
Loss Causation ,
Medicaid Expansion ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Public Health Service Act ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Health Insurance Exchanges ,
UAW ,
Venue
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a historic decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require states to allow same-sex marriage and to...more
6/26/2015
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
DOMA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Family Status Discrimination ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Income Taxes ,
Marriage Equality ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
Same-Sex Marriage Bans ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Spouses ,
US v Windsor