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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW
ERISA Regulations, 2014 Edition
Eric H. Rubin, Esq., Sharon F. Fountain, Esq.,
and Michael G. Kushner, Esq., Editors
Get all the rules and regulations on employee
benefits issued by federal agencies in one
comprehensive volume
ERISA Regulations, 2014 Edition contains the
full text of all proposed and final regulations through
July 2, 2013—from the Department of Labor (DOL),
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the Treasury Department,
and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as other
agencies—that affect benefit plans.
New developments covered in the 2014 Edition include:
• Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration)—
Regulations on amendments relating to reasonable contract or
arrangement under §408(b)(2)—fee disclosure/Web page; and
incentives for nondiscriminatory wellness programs in group
health plans
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—Proposed regulations on
reportable events and certain other notification requirements
• Internal Revenue Service—Regulations on prohibited payment
option under single-employer defined benefit plan of plan sponsor
in bankruptcy; incentives for nondiscriminatory wellness programs
in group health plans; health insurance premium tax credit; and fees
on health insurance policies and self-insured plans for the patientcentered
outcome research trust fund
Eric H. Rubin, Esq., is Managing Editor for Federal Tax at Bloomberg BNA Tax &
Accounting, Arlington, Va.
Sharon F. Fountain, Esq., is Managing Editor for Compensation Planning at Bloomberg
BNA Tax & Accounting, Arlington, Va.
Michael G. Kushner, Esq., is a partner in the New York office of Locke Lord LLP, where
he concentrates his practice in ERISA and executive compensation.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Final Labor Regulations
Chapter 2. Proposed Labor Regulations
Chapter 3. Final PBGC Regulations
Chapter 4. Proposed PBGC Regulations
Chapter 5. Final and Temporary Treasury Regulations
Chapter 6. Proposed Treasury Regulations
Chapter 7. Other Regulations
Appendix A
Index
2013/2,734 pp. Softcover/ISBN 978-1-61746-293-1
Order #2293/$250.00
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New Edition Due Winter 2014.
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Employee Benefits Law, Third Edition
Jeffrey Lewis, Myron D. Rumeld, and Ivelisse
Berio LeBeau, Co-Chairs, Board of Senior Editors
Dana M. Muir, Editor-in-Chief (Fall 2013 Cumulative
Supplement)
Employee Benefits Committee, ABA Section of
Labor and Employment Law
Decided cases, legislation, regulations, and
guidance issued by federal agencies
Employee Benefits Law, Third Edition offers detailed, annotated coverage
of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Titles I and IV; rules of tax
qualification, deductibility, and other key tax issues; preemption, with regard to
ERISA and medical malpractice and related claims; benefit claims, with regard to
evidentiary issues and abuse of discretion in denials; interplay with related legal
areas; and effects of sexual orientation and veteran status on benefits.
The treatise covers important Supreme Court cases such as CIGNA Corp. v.
Amara, Conkright v. Frommert, and Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
Co., as well as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and subsequent legislation.
The Third Edition also includes a thorough discussion of the law governing
breach of fiduciary duty and prohibited transaction claims, including commonly
litigated areas such as employer securities, service provider fees, and fiduciary
misrepresentations. It offers comprehensive analysis of the complex topic of
ERISA preemption.
SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION >>>
The Fall 2013 Cumulative Supplement provides important updates on the
Supreme Court’s 2013 holding in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, Affordable
Care Act implementation, lower court decisions on the availability of extra-record
discovery and the existence and effect of conflicts of interest in the context of
benefit claims following the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in Glenn, and the
effect of The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on employee benefits.
Jeffrey Lewis is a shareholder and managing attorney in Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker &
Jackson, P.C., Oakland, Calif.
Myron D. Rumeld is a partner in the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation &
ERISA Litigation Practice Center of Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y.
Ivelisse Berio LeBeau is Of Counsel, Sugarman & Susskind, P.A., Miami, Fla.
Dana M. Muir is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business Law at Stephen M. Ross
School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Brief History of the Regulation of Employee Benefits
Chapter 2. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: Nature, Coverage,
and Statutory Structure
Chapter 3. Administration and Enforcement
Chapter 4. Reporting and Disclosure
Chapter 5. Regulation of Qualified Retirement Income Plans Generally
Chapter 6. Regulation of Specialized Types of Retirement Income Plans
Chapter 7. Tax Treatment of Welfare Benefit Plans
Chapter 8. Regulation of Employee Health Care Benefit Plans
Chapter 9. Plan Insurance and Plan Termination
Chapter 10. Fiduciary Responsibility
Chapter 11. ERISA Preemption and Effect on Other Laws
Chapter 12. Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 13. Benefit Claims
Chapter 14. Liability Issues Unique to Welfare Plans
Chapter 15. Employment Discrimination and Employee Benefits
Chapter 16. Issues Unique to Jointly Administered Plans
Chapter 17. Multiemployer Plan Withdrawal Liability
Chapter 18. Collective Bargaining and Employee Benefits
Chapter 19. Criminal Enforcement and Civil RICO
Chapter 20. Ethics, Privilege, and Related Concerns Unique to the Practice of Benefits Law
Table of ERISA Sections
Table of IRC Sections
Table of Cases
Topical Index
2012/1,942 pp. Hardcover with Fall 2013 Cumulative Supplement
Order #9270P/$700.00
Fall 2013 Cumulative Supplement alone/ISBN 978-1-61746-270-2
Order #2270/$305.00
Supplement History: Spring 2013 Supplement, $295.00
See Bundled Order #8233, 8300, 8456, 8608, and 8733 on order form for best value.
New Cumulative Supplement Due Winter 2014.
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