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November 6, 2019
|5 min read
Department of Labor Proposes a New Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed a new safe harbor for the electronic delivery of employee benefit plan information for plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
August 21, 2019
|3 min read
Fourth Circuit Finds Plan Administrator May Have Triggered Fiduciary Status
In a recent Fourth Circuit case, Dawson-Murdock v. Nat’l Counseling Grp., Inc. 2019 WL 3308535 (4th Cir. July 24, 2019), the Court of Appeals has allowed a beneficiary to sue her deceased husband’s employer for breach of fiduciary duties because of its status as the plan administrator and because of its vice president’s statements regarding her claim for insurance benefits.
July 29, 2019
Why should employers be thinking about litigation when working with executive compensation plans? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast Podcast, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Partners Mike Melbinger and Steve Flores talk about drafting improvements for executive employment and compensation agreements that are intended to help reduce employers’ risk of getting sued.
March 4, 2019
|1 min read
Supreme Court Declines to Review Attempt by USC to Compel Arbitration of ERISA Class Action Lawsuit
On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari in Munro v. University of Southern California, a closely watched ERISA case in the Ninth Circuit.
December 11, 2017
|1 min read
Winston & Strawn’s Benefits Blast is Back
Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Benefits Blast blog.