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

Dickinson Wright on 8/30/2017

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

Web Exclusive: Supreme Court Review: Mixed Bag For Employers

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2017

The 2016-17 Supreme Court term was truly a mixed bag for employers. The Court limited presidential power, reined in the appellate courts’ authority to review and overturn trial court decisions regarding EEOC subpoenas,...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits to ERISA Church Plan Exemption

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/28/2017

On March 27, 2017, the then 8 Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments for three consolidated cases regarding the outer bounds of the “church plan” exception under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...more

June 2017: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2017

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. June 2017 was no different, with...more

A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2016-2017 Term

Franczek P.C. on 6/30/2017

This year’s Supreme Court term may be more memorable for the intrigue and political drama taking place outside the Court than the import of the decisions the Court issued. On April 10, 2017, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth...more

Debt Dialogue: June 2017 - Supreme Court Holds Church-Affiliated Organizations Exempt From ERISA: A Prescription for the Ailing...

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/30/2017

On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court rendered an important decision that will impact restructurings — particularly health care provider restructurings — going forward. The Supreme Court reversed the Third, Seventh...more

Supreme Court Confirms Retirement Plans of Church-Affiliated Organizations Can be Exempt from ERISA

Maynard Nexsen on 6/28/2017

In a much-anticipated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 5 that retirement plans maintained by church-affiliated organizations can be exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), regardless of...more

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

Saul Ewing LLP on 6/15/2017

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

Supreme Court Decision Offers Some Relief to Church-Affiliated Nonprofits Using ERISA Church Plan Exemption

FordHarrison on 6/14/2017

Executive Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton serves as a reminder to church-affiliated hospitals and other organizations using the ERISA church plan exemption to review the...more

Church Plans Rejoice: The Supreme Court has Spoken

Locke Lord LLP on 6/13/2017

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

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 Finds that Retirement Plans Sponsored by Religious Hospitals Are Exempt from ERISA

Franczek P.C. on 6/12/2017

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that retirement plans sponsored by church-affiliated organizations, such as hospitals, are exempt from ERISA. ERISA’s “church plan exemption” provides that a retirement plan that is...more

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

Clark Hill PLC on 6/9/2017

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

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

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/9/2017

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

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

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/8/2017

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

Supreme Court Rules That Church-Affiliated Hospitals Fall Within ERISA’s Church Plan Exemption

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 6/8/2017

On June 5, a unanimous US Supreme Court reversed decisions of the US Courts of Appeal for the Third, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, holding that a church-affiliated organization that establishes an employee benefits plan falls...more

Supreme Court Rules Pension Plans Of Religiously Affiliated Organizations Exempt From ERISA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/8/2017

ERISA’s “church plan” exemption applies to pension plans maintained by church-affiliated organizations such as healthcare facilities, even if the plans were not established by a church, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled...more

ERISA Religious Exemption Expanded: SCOTUS Says Church Affiliation is Enough

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/8/2017

In a sigh of relief for faith-based healthcare providers, on Monday, June 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a decision authored by Justice Elena Kagan, that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s religious exemption...more

Supreme Court Confirms Standards for ERISA’s Church Plan Exception

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 6/7/2017

In a clear win for religiously-affiliated employers, including hospital systems and educational institutions, a unanimous Supreme Court found that a statutory exception to ERISA’s requirements for “church plans” applies to...more

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Church-Affiliated Hospitals in Church Plan Litigation

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/6/2017

In a major victory for church-affiliated hospitals, the US Supreme Court overturned three appellate court rulings and decided unanimously that church-affiliated hospitals can maintain their pension plans as "church plans"...more

The Supreme Court’s Church Plan Decision

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/6/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court has held unanimously that a 1980 amendment to ERISA means that a pension benefit plan need not be established by a church in order to be exempt from ERISA rules, including most...more

Church-Affiliated Employers Get Win As SCOTUS Clarifies ERISA Exemption

Fisher Phillips on 6/6/2017

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

Supreme Court Decides Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/6/2017

On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, No. 16-74, holding that an employee benefit plan that is maintained by an organization that is controlled by or associated with a church...more

High Court Agrees Pension Plans Sponsored by Church-Affiliated Hospitals Are ERISA-Exempt and Upholds Decades of IRS, PBGC and DOL...

Genova Burns LLC on 6/6/2017

In a much-anticipated decision, on June 5 the U.S. Supreme Court held that a pension plan sponsored by a religious affiliated nonprofit hospital qualifies as an ERISA-exempt church plan even though the plan was not initially...more

The Supreme Court - June 5, 2017

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/6/2017

The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in five cases today: Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, No. 16-74: This case involves whether three church-affiliated nonprofits that run hospitals and offer...more

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