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Jun 27, 2008   Pennsylvania's New Smoking Ban Will Change the Rules of Most Workplaces
     
Apr 24,
 2008 
  Nursing Wage Antitrust Cases Still Viable, But Kansas Prevents Use of Antitrust Laws In Labor Dispute 
     
Apr 23, 2008    IRS Finalizes Additional Regulations for Employer Comparable Contributions To Health Savings Accounts 
     
Apr 1, 2008     John Joseph Presenting with Lew Morris, Counsel to the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, at  the HCCA's 12th Compliance Institute 
   
Mar 27, 2008    IRS Issues Guidance For Required Notices Of Pension Plan Amendments That Reduce Benefits 
     
Mar 25, 2008   Supreme Court Denies Review of Dispute Over Retiree Health Care Benefits 
   
Feb 29, 2008    IRS ISSUES GUIDANCE REGARDING SCOPE OF PERFORMANCE BASED COMPENSATION EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTIONS ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 
     
Feb 28, 2008    Supreme Court Authorizes Individual Suits to Recover Investment Losses Due To Fiduciary Breaches Under Defined Contribution Plans 
     
Feb 25, 2008    DO YOU KNOW YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT - SHOULD YOU? 
     
Feb 14, 2008    IRS Provides Relief For Backloading Issues Under "Greater Of" Pension Formulas 
     
Feb 13, 2008    IRS Reverses Position on Performance Based Compensation 
     
Feb 5, 2008    POST AND SCHELL COMPLIANCE ALERT!  A New Wave of Enforcement Actions      
     
Jan  29, 2008    E-Discovery Mishap Cost Company $8 Million and  a Patent 
     
Jan 18, 2008    IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On New Rules For Cash Balance And Other Hybrid Plans 
     
Jan 14, 2008    Pennsylvania Enacts Uniform Environmental Covenants Act  
     
Jan 8, 2008    IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On Employer Stock Diversification Requirements For Defined Contribution Plans 
     
Jan 7, 2008    EEOC Finalizes ADEA Exemption For Retiree Health Care Reductions Due To Medicare Eligibility  
     
Jan 4, 2008    DOL Proposes Regulations For Disclosure Of Fees And Conflicts Of Interest By Plan Service Providers 
     
Jan 3, 2008    IRS Provides Limited Correction Procedure For Certain Operational Failures To Comply With Section 409A  
     
Nov 26,
2007 
  IRS Issues Proposed Regulations For Automatic Contribution Arrangements Under 401(k) And Similar Plans  
     
Nov 19, 2007    Employee's Communications with his Attorney via Hospital E-Mail System Waives Attorney-Client Privilege 
     
Nov 9, 2007   IRS Issues Guidance Relating To Notices And Lump Sum Calculations Under Pension Protection Act Of 2006 
     
Nov 2, 2007    Federal Court Invalidates Plan Language Excluding Independent Contractors
     
Nov 1, 2007      IRS Issues 2007 Guidance For Reporting And Withholding On Non-Qualified eferred Compensation 
     
Oct 31, 2007    DOL Finalizes Rules For Qualified Default Investment Alternatives 
     
Oct 30, 2007    IRS Provides Full Extension Until 2009 For 409A Compliance 
     
Sep 25, 2007    Step-Down Clauses Invalidated In Commercial Motor Vehicle Insurance Policies 
     
Sep 17, 2007   IRS Extends 409A Documentary Compliance Deadline Until December 21, 2007
     
Sep 14, 2007   "Back to School" Workers' Compensation Update
     
Sep 13, 2007   Third U.S. Appellate Court Finds That Cash Balance Plans Are Not Age Discriminatory
     
Sep 11, 2007    Recovering Attorneys' Fees in Environmental Litigation   
     
Sep 4, 2007    IRS Issues Comprehensive New Proposed Regulations For Cafeteria Plans 
     
Aug 7, 2007    IRS Issues Final Regulations For Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuities
August 7, 2007
 
     
Aug 6, 2007    IRS Intends To Issue Guidance Expected To Limit Executive Compensation By Tax Exempt Employers 
     
Jul 25, 2007   Court Strikes 11 Hour Rule and 34 Hour Restart Provision
     
Jul 12, 2007    Off-Label Marketing of Drugs and Medical Devices 
     
Jul 12, 2007    Wisconsin Federal Court Dismisses Challenge To 401(K) Fee Arrangements 
     
Jul 11, 2007    IRS Provides Guidance On Accelerated Vesting Due To Partial Plan Termination  
     
Jun 29, 2007    Problems In The Boardroom: Some Lessons Learned From The Hewlett-Packard Company  
     
Jun 19, 2007    IRS Clarifies Definition Of Public Company Executives Subject To $1,000,000 Limit On Deductible Compensation 
     
Jun 18. 2007    Third Circuit Resolves Discrimination Dispute Over Retiree Health Care Benefits 
     
Jun 15, 2007    IRS Proposes Additional Guidance For Employer Comparable Contributions To Health Savings Accounts 
     
Jun 5, 2007    IRS Issues Final Regulations For In-Service Pension Payments At Normal Retirement Age 
     
May 29. 2007    Nursing Wage Case Antitrust Update:  Department of Justice Alleges that Hospital Association Depressed Wages for Temporary Nurses
     
May 16, 2007    IRS Issues Final Regulations For Taxation Of Distributions From Roth 401(K)/403(B) Accounts 
     
May 15, 2007    Nursing Wage Antitrust Lawsuit Against Hospitals Allowed to Proceed:  Is Pennsylvania Next? 
     
May 4, 2007      IRS Issues Final Section 409A Regulations For Nonqualified Deferred Compensation 
     
Apr 25, 2007    IRS Issues Final Regulations Limiting Allocations And Benefits Under Qualified Retirement Plans 
     
Apr 12, 2007    Federal Appeals Court Holds That Insurance Carrier Is Protected By Full Attorney-Client Privilege When Acting As ERISA Fiduciary 
     
Apr 11, 2007    Can a Lifetime C&R Bar a Later Death Benefits Claims? 
     
Apr 10, 2007     U.S. Supreme Court Weighs In On Global Warming 
     
Mar 16, 2007    Public Listening Session Scheduled Regarding Electronic On-Board Recorders for Documenting Hours of Service
     
Mar 13, 2007    DOL Regulations Validate Posthumous QDROs 
     
Feb 27, 2007    DOL Amends Regulations To Require Rollovers For Missing Non-Spousal Beneficiaries Under Terminating Plans 
     
Feb 22, 2007    DOL Issues Guidance Concerning Fiduciary Standards For Selection And Monitoring Of Investment Advisors 
     
Feb 19, 2007    IRS Issues Guidance For Rollovers From FSAs And HRAs To HSAs 
     
Feb 16, 2007   Current Perspectives On Healthcare Governance, Part II 
     
Feb 15, 2007    IRS Issues Guidance For New Cash Balance And Hybrid Plan Rules Under Pension Protection Act Of 2006 
     
Feb 14, 2007    DOL Provides Interim Guidance For New Benefit Statement Requirements For Retirement Plans 
     
Feb 13, 2007    Federal Agencies Publish Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations For Health Care Plans 
     
Feb 5, 2007    Federal Appeals Court Rejects Maryland's "Walmart" Health Care Law As Preempted By ERISA 
     
Feb 2, 2007    IRS Issues Guidance For PPA 2006 Rules Effective Beginning In 2007 
     
Jan 22, 2007   Current Perspectives On Healthcare Governance, Part I
     
Jan 11, 2007    Amended Law Affects How Disbursements of Monetary Awards Must Be Made To Pro Se Plaintiffs
     
Jan 9, 2007    IRS Issues Transition Relief For Debit Card Use For Medical Expense Reimbursements At Certain Merchants 
     
Jan 3, 2007    IRS Issues 2005 And 2006 Guidance For Reporting And Withholding On Nonqualified Deferred Compensation