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Department of Labor Announces Effective Date of Disability Claims Regulations:

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February 15, 2018
ERISA-covered employee benefit plans must establish and maintain reasonable procedures governing participants’ benefit claims (e.g., providing notification of initial benefit determinations and appealed…
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ERISA Litigation February 2018 Update: 

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February 15, 2018
Given the continuing wave of ERISA litigation, this article has become a mainstay of The Speed Reader. Cases that were filed or for…
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ERISA Litigation January 2018 Update:

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January 17, 2018
  Given the continuing wave of ERISA litigation, this article has become a mainstay of The Speed Reader. Cases that were filed or…
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New IRS Guidance Alters Voluntary Correction Program Application Fee:

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January 17, 2018
  On January 2, 2018, the IRS published Revenue Procedure 2018-4. This is the IRS’s annual guidance setting forth application fees under various…
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