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Year-End Reminders for Defined Contribution Plans:

As the end of 2025 approaches, retirement plan sponsors should promptly consider several important potential tasks.…

2026 Retirement Plan Limits Announced:

On November 13, via Notice 2025-67, the IRS announced the effect of cost-of-living adjustments on certain…

Department of Labor Issues Guidance on Qualified Default Investment Alternatives:

On September 23, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) published Advisory Opinion 2025-04A (the “Opinion”). The…

IRS Finalizes Catch-Up Contribution Regulations: 

As discussed in the February 2025 edition of The Speed Reader, on January 10, 2025 the…

DOL Reminds Employers to Self-Audit Their Plans:

On July 24, the DOL published a blog article titled “How self-audits help build a culture…

August 2025 ERISA Litigation Update

Given the continuing wave of ERISA litigation, this article has become a mainstay of The Speed…

July 2025 ERISA Litigation Update

Given the continuing wave of ERISA litigation, this article has become a mainstay of The Speed…

One Big Beautiful Bill Includes Employee Benefits Provisions: 

On July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill (the “Bill”), in…

Department of Labor Revises its Guidance on Cryptocurrencies:

As discussed in the April 2022 edition of The Speed Reader, in March of 2022 the…

June 2025 ERISA Litigation Update

ERISA Litigation Update:  Given the continuing wave of ERISA litigation, this article has become a mainstay…