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Groom Law Group, Chartered

Court Challenges to DB Plan Actuarial Assumptions – One Year Later

Eleven cases have been filed against defined benefit pension plan sponsors and certain fiduciaries alleging that the plan’s assumptions—called “actuarial equivalence factors” or “actuarial equivalence assumptions”— for...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

IRS No Longer Forbids Pension Plans From Offering Lump Sum Payouts To Retirees Currently Receiving Payments

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Over the past several years, sponsors of defined benefit pension plans have examined and implemented ways to reduce their pension liabilities. This is sometimes referred to as “de-risking.” One de-risking option is for a plan...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Pension Plan Sponsors Should Be Mindful Of A New Wave Of Class Action Lawsuits

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In December 2018, class action lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) were filed against several large single-employer defined benefit plans.  The suits focus on the calculation of joint and...more

Franczek P.C.

Treasury Makes it Easier for Pension Plans to Pay Partial Annuities

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The Department of Treasury has issued final regulations that simplify the rules that allow retiring participants to simultaneously elect a partial lump sum and a partial annuity from a defined benefit pension plan. Under the...more

Snell & Wilmer

Now You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: New Pension Distribution Rules Allow More Flexibility

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If you are one of the lucky few employees who participate in an employer’s defined benefit retirement plan, you previously had to choose between receiving your benefits in a lump sum or in annuity payments. However, in the...more

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Employee Benefits Alert - July 2015

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Major Revisions to Qualified Plan Determination Letter Process Announced - Effective January 1, 2017, the staggered five-year determination letter remedial amendment cycles for individually designed plans will be...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

IRS Flip Flops DeRisking Pension Plan Options

The volatility and unpredictability of an employer's obligations under a defined benefit pension plan can have a significant impact on its bottom line. This is especially true of plans with liabilities for pension benefits...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

It's Curtains for Some Lump-Sum Window Programs

On July 9, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2015-49 to announce it intends to prohibit retirees who are receiving annuity payments from a defined benefit pension plan from electing a lump sum in lieu of the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PBGC Intends to Monitor Lump-sum and Annuity Cashouts Under Defined Benefit Plans

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) stated in a filing published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2014, that it intends to require that plan sponsors report to the PBGC “certain undertakings” to cashout or...more

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