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Fraud Prevention Techniques for Nonprofit Organizations - Part 3
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The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
Fraud Risks at Nonprofit Organizations - Part 1
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Key Takeaways - In October 2024, SCOTUS granted review of Cunningham v. Cornell University to provide guidance on certain pleading standards in ERISA litigation claims, with oral arguments scheduled for January 2025....more
In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) released Compliance Assistance Release No. 2024-01 and its updated cybersecurity guidance for employers that sponsor employee benefit plans governed by the Employee...more
The time may have come to add a welfare plan committee to your company’s governance of employee benefit plans. New legal obligations and other developments impose fiduciary risks for welfare plans similar to what already...more
The Government Accountability Office recently urged the U.S. Department of Labor to release guidance on cybersecurity matters in an effort to mitigate risks to 401(k) and other retirement plans. The GAO noted that there were...more
Last week, we posted on the guidance issued by the US Department of Labor (DOL) for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, recordkeepers, and plan participants on cybersecurity best practices. Last week’s post focused on the...more
On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) issued its first cybersecurity best practices guidance for retirement plans. The EBSA guidance has been highly...more
On April 14, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued three documents that provide cybersecurity guidance for plan sponsors, fiduciaries, recordkeepers, and plan participants. Cybersecurity has become an increasingly...more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the differences between furloughs and layoffs and how each can impact employee benefits, such as 401(k) plans and group health plans....more
Mark your calendar and join fellow friends of employee ownership for a series of interactive discussions concerning key issues facing ESOP companies and professionals, as we lead up to The ESOP Association’s Conference. ...more
Things That 401(k) Plan Sponsors Are Supposed To Do, But Aren't Doing Anyway. So many things they should be doing, but aren't. There are so many things in life that we're supposed to do, but we don't. Flossing teeth and...more
As an ERISA attorney for almost 21 years (my career can get its own drink), I have seen a lot of strange things that plan sponsors have done to risk the ire of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor...more
Most 401(k) plans have an investment policy statement to serve as a blueprint on how and why investment options are selected and replaced in the plan....more
As a 401(k) plan sponsor, you need to understand that an integral part of limiting your liability when participants are having plan enrollment/education meetings....more
For 401(k) Errors, It Seems To Be All Payroll These Days That is what it feels like. In the movie Fletch, Chevy Chase played Irwin R. Fletcher ("Fletch"), an undercover newspaper reporter under the byline "Jane Doe"....more
Advertising is a great medium and it’s a medium that could often be confusing to the consumer. So when it comes to the retirement plan business, you have providers providing fiduciary services whether that’s 3(16), 3(21),...more
In light of some troubling news that a third party administrator (TPA) was shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for possible theft of plan assets, there is one pro-active step you should take as a plan...more
Things That Won't Help A Retirement Plan Sponsor Limit Their Liability. Yup, not going to help. When I was a teenager, we were told that eating oat bran would lower cholesterol and it didn't. We're told that...more