Exemptions, Defined Benefit Plans

SCOTUS Church Plan Ruling Ends the Battle But Not the War: What Church-Affiliated Church Plan Sponsors Need to Know and Do Now

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/12/2017

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that employee benefit plans sponsored by certain church-affiliated organizations do not have to be established by a church to be considered a “church plan,” which is exempt...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider ERISA Church Plan Exemption

Franczek P.C. on 1/4/2017

In a decision that may have profound consequences for the funding and continued operation of defined benefit retirement plans covering employees at religiously affiliated organizations, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to...more

SEC Proposes to Ease Intrastate Offering Exemption to Facilitate Crowdfunding

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 11/2/2015

The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 147 under the Securities Act of 1933, which currently provides a safe harbor for compliance with the Section 3(a)(11) exemption from registration for intrastate securities offerings....more

Religious Institutions Update - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/3/2014

"Church plans" are pension plans (including defined benefit or defined contribution plans) exempt (without an irrevocable election) from many of the legal requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...more

Old Days – Remembering When Small Business Had Pension Plans

Gerald Nowotny - Law Office of Gerald R.... on 4/18/2014

We lived in politically charged times. Congress seems unable to reach any consensus on anything including where to have the annual Congressional Christmas Ball! Years of political crossfire over the Affordable Care Act have...more

NJ Federal Court Rules Pension Plan Established By Church-Controlled Hospital Not an ERISA-Exempt Church Plan

Genova Burns LLC on 4/11/2014

On March 31, 2014 the U.S. District Court in New Jersey held that a defined benefit pension plan established by St. Peter’s Healthcare System was not a church plan exempt under ERISA despite the fact that St. Peter’s is...more