Groom Law Group, Chartered
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1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006, United States
Phone: 202-857-0620
Fax: 202-659-4503
Areas Of Practice
- Health
- Labor & Employment Law
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Number of Attorneys
51-99 Attorneys
On October 22, 2024, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2024-40, which announces the 2025 indexed limits for certain health and welfare benefits. This is in addition to the limits that the IRS announced on May 9, 2024 in Rev. Proc…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
As the end of 2024 approaches, it’s again time for plan sponsors to review their plan documents and plan operations to ensure compliance with increasingly complex qualification requirements and moving deadlines. While there are…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On October 3, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2024-73 (the “Notice”) to clarify eligibility rules for long-term, part-time (“LTPT”) employees in 403(b)…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On October 4, 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in Cunningham v. Cornell University. The appeal involves review of a split among the United States Courts of Appeals over what plaintiffs must plead when…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“Act”) imposed a 15% corporate minimum tax on the “adjusted financial statement income” (“AFSI”) of taxpayers with more than $1 billion of AFSI, effective for tax years beginning after…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
There is a new series of putative class action lawsuits in which the plaintiffs allege that employers that sponsor self-funded health plans with health plan premium surcharges related to tobacco use or vaccination status violate…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law
On September 25, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit alleging that an employer violated ERISA by retaining approximately $65 million in…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law
On September 19, 2024, the Southern District of California dismissed claims brought by a 401(k) plan participant against Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. regarding the use of forfeitures to offset future employer contributions. As…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
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On August 22, 2024, the Central District of California found in favor of the defendants after a bench trial on breach of fiduciary duty claims related to the monitoring of recordkeeping expenses and selection…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Earlier this year, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“HHS”) published a final “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy” that imposes new restrictions on disclosure of…
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/ Health, Privacy
On May 20, 2024, the IRS issued private letter ruling (“PLR”) 202434006 (the “2024 PLR”) that permits employees to allocate an employer contribution among various benefits outside of a cafeteria plan. The IRS has previously…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On August 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2024-63 (the “Notice”) for retirement plan sponsors that provide, or may wish to provide, matching contributions based on qualified student loan payments…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking a final rule issued earlier this year by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). This final rule would have put an end…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
At long last, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final (and new proposed) regulations that address the major changes to Code section 401(a)(9) under the Setting Every Community Up for…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
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