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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

With attorneys based in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., Winston’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (EBEC) team represents a broad range of plan sponsors and offers clients not just deal support but the full suite of employee benefit services. These include public company reporting and executive compensation, employee benefits in mergers and acquisitions, qualified retirement plans and Title I investment advice, health and welfare benefit plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), and international human resources matters. And driven by a volatile labor market, we are partnering with clients to innovate plan structure and design, including cutting-edge services such as private exchange medical benefits, employee benefits in captive insurance, and fiduciary governance best practices. With decades of experience, our EBEC team maintains strong brand recognition, with clients describing our attorneys as “superb,” “very client-friendly,” “extremely responsive and able to bring forth the right resources,” and “having an “incredible breadth of knowledge.”...Read more

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Health Care

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Executive Compensation Plans & Agreements

Our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (EBEC) attorneys generally focus on two separate but related areas—employee benefits and executive compensation. We advise corporations, boards of directors, private equity firms, and executives on all legal, design, drafting, negotiation, and compliance aspects of executive compensation matters. We advise corporations, firms, fiduciaries, executives, administrators, governmental entities, and financial institutions on innovative and traditional employee retirement and health and welfare benefits programs. Our substantial experience and over 50 years of involvement in the EBEC field have given us a deep understanding of the evolution of benefits law and the market for executive compensation....Read more

Insights & News 3,604 results

Government Program Fraud, False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation Playbook

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July 25, 2025

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DOJ Civil Division’s Directive to Prioritize Civil Denaturalization Cases Against Individuals Who “Engaged” in Medicaid/Medicare Fraud

With the DOJ’s new directive to pursue denaturalization in civil healthcare fraud cases, naturalized citizens in leadership roles face heightened personal risk. Robust compliance and careful review of employment practices are more important than ever for healthcare organizations.

Tax Impacts

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July 25, 2025

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2 Min Read

CLARITY Bill & GENIUS Act Explained: Crypto Classification and Tax Impact

Recent legislative proposals—the CLARITY Bill and the GENIUS Act—are designed to bring more clarity to how digital assets are regulated in the United States. The Clarity Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on July 17, 2025, and is now being reviewed by the Senate.

In the Media

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July 25, 2025

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Andrew Hinkes Discusses Senate Crypto Market Structure Legislation with Decrypt

Winston & Strawn partner Andrew Hinkes was quoted in a Decrypt article discussing the Senate’s draft crypto market structure legislation. The bill is a companion to the House’s CLARITY Act which both aim to amend New Deal-era securities laws to formally carve out crypto and to move most oversight of the crypto market from the SEC to the CFTC. The Senate bill creates a pathway for token issuers to fundraise up to $75 million a year for up to four years via tokens sales, so long as the tokens do not offer holders certain security-like rights. If a token satisfies those requirements, it would be deemed a non-security “ancillary asset” and be outside the SEC’s jurisdiction....Read more
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Law Glossary

What Is Health Care Privacy Law?

Today, health care privacy law is driven by the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. This federal privacy rule establishes protections for specific patient health information. Health care plans, clearinghouses, and providers are subject to the law....Read more

Law Glossary

What Is Health Care Security Law?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established U.S. regulations to protect the privacy and security of individual health information. The health care security law creates these specific protections through both the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule. The Privacy Rule has set national standards for the protection of certain types of health information. The Security Rule established security standards for protecting consumers’ health information that is stored or transferred electronically. The health care Security Rule outlines the operational safeguards that organizations must implement to keep protected electronic health information secure....Read more

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