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Kaufman & Canoles

ESOPs & Employee Benefits Q1 2024 Client Update

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On behalf of the ESOPs & Employee Benefits team, we hope you’re enjoying the first days of Spring, when the longer days allow more time to ponder the ever-changing landscape of employee benefits compliance. Please find below...more

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DOL’s proposed QPAM amendments may amount to an effective revocation of the exemption

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In the guise of clarifications relating to criminal convictions and misconduct, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed major amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-14, also known as the QPAM exemption...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Summary of OSHA ETS Webinar

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As you may have heard in the news, there have already been several challenges to the legality of the ETS. The 5th Circuit issued a temporary injunction against enforcement of the ETS, and in response, OSHA has announced a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Why would you be affiliated with that?

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As discussed in my newest book, “The Greatest 401(k) Book Sequel Ever”, I’m still amazed at my interaction with “renowned” ERISA fiduciary expert turned convicted thief Matt Hutcheson. It’s no a great episode in my career...more

Dickinson Wright

High Court Unanimously Upholds ERISA Exemption For Church-Affiliated Pension Plans

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Advocate Health Care Network et al v. Stapleton et al, 581 U.S. __ (2017) - In one of the recent opinions rendered by the United States Supreme Court, it was found that pension plans maintained by religiously affiliated...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies “Church Plan” Definition for ERISA Exemption Purposes

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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton implicates the benefit plans maintained by nonprofit entities affiliated with a church or religious organization, including many hospitals and...more

Locke Lord LLP

Church Plans Rejoice: The Supreme Court has Spoken

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Over 30 lawsuits have been filed over the past several years alleging that defined benefit plans maintained by religiously-affiliated hospital systems are not entitled to church plan status under the Employee Retirement...more

Clark Hill PLC

Supreme Court Unanimously Extends the "Church Plan" ERISA Exemption to Plans Originally Established by Non-Church Affiliates

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On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-0 decision (with new Justice Gorsuch not participating as this case was argued and decided prior to his joining the Court) holding that qualified retirement plans maintained...more

McGuireWoods LLP

ERISA ‘Church Plan’ Exemption Applies to Religiously Affiliated Hospital Plans

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In a victory for religiously affiliated hospitals sponsoring defined benefit (DB) plans, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 5 that such plans need not have been originally established by churches to be exempt from ERISA....more

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The United States Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Hospitals on “Church Plan” ERISA Exemption

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The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of religiously-affiliated hospitals and healthcare organizations in holding that a pension plan need not be established by a church in order to qualify for ERISA’s...more

Fisher Phillips

Church-Affiliated Employers Get Win As SCOTUS Clarifies ERISA Exemption

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In a unanimous 8-0 decision published today, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled that employee benefit plans sponsored by church-affiliated organizations will qualify for the “church plan” exemption under the Employee...more

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