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 May 4, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Investment Management issued a “Staff Statement Regarding Pooled Employer Plans” (the “Statement”) permitting a pooled employer plan (“PEP”) to be…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
On May 4, the IRS released the 2027 employer mandate penalties under Code section 4980H. These amounts are indexed each year, and for 2027 are:…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On April 14, 2026, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2026-01 (“FAB 2026-01” or “FAB”). FAB 2026-01 outlines the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s (“EBSA”) enforcement priorities and…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On April 30, 2026, President Trump issued the Executive Order Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov (the “Executive Order”), which advances the President’s State of the Union…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Finance & Banking, Taxation
On April 20, the IRS issued Fact Sheet 2026-10, which provides FAQs about educational assistance programs and an updated sample program document. This fact sheet supersedes the IRS’ 2024 FAQs in Fact Sheet 2024-22…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On April 22, 2026, the Virginia General Assembly passed, and Governor Spanberger signed (following the acceptance of gubernatorial amendments), SB 2/HB 1207, creating a statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) program…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On April 15, House Ways and Means Committee members Reps. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) introduced a bill, the Optimizing Participant Tax Incentives Through Optional Noncash Selections (OPTIONS) Act, which…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Within the past week, two Texas federal district courts entered orders vacating the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2024 regulation (the “2024 Fiduciary Rule”) re-defining the circumstances under which a person will be deemed to…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
On March 20, a federal court in Ohio dismissed a tobacco premium surcharge lawsuit in its entirety for failure to state a claim. This marks the third time that a federal court has held that ERISA does not require employers to…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Health, Insurance
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, Taxation
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a highly anticipated proposed rule establishing a process-based safe harbor for fiduciaries selecting designated investment alternatives in participant-directed 401(k) plans. This…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
Treasury/IRS recently issued Notice 2026-23, which requests recommendations for the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan (PGP). Treasury/IRS use the PGP each year to identify and prioritize the tax issues that they should address…
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/ Taxation
Since 2018, more than 30 lawsuits have been filed against sponsors of defined benefit pension plans alleging that certain benefits payable under the plans are not actuarially equivalent. The results in these cases in the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
A federal court granted summary judgment to all defendants in Shipp v. Central States Manufacturing, Inc., No. 5:23-cv-05215 (W.D. Ark.), Dkt. 169.
The Shipp case is part of a wave of recent lawsuits challenging decisions…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On March 16, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy issued a 45-page order in American Academy of Pediatrics v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granting a preliminary injunction to several medical and public health…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
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