Cash Balance Plans

ERIC Updates
Jan 30, 2007   Third Circuit Follows Seventh, Holds Cash Balance Plans Not Age Discriminatory in Register v. PNC
Nov 1, 2006   District Court Rejects Seventh Circuit Reasoning in Cooper, Allows Cash Balance Claim to Proceed
Aug 25, 2006   ERIC Letter to the Wall Street Journal in Response to Cash Balance Article
Jul 26, 2006   ERIC: Pension Bill Additional Update
Jul 17, 2006   Pressure Builds for Pension Reform by August
Jun 1, 2006   ERIC Sends "Pension Pointers" Series to Capitol Hill
Apr 11, 2006   Second District Court Contends Cash Balance Plan is Inherently Age-Discriminatory
Mar 23, 2006   Voinovich-Levin Letter Submitted to Pension Conferees; Other Letters Being Circulated
Mar 8, 2006   House Conferees on the Pension Reform Bills Named; Motion to Instruct
Mar 3, 2006   Senate Pension Conferees Named
Dec 15, 2005   ERIC: House Pension Bill Available
Nov 30, 2005   Actuaries Criticize GAO Report
Nov 14, 2005   Senate Managers' Amendment" to S 1783
Nov 10, 2005   ERIC Amicus Brief Accepted in Cooper v IBM
Nov 7, 2005   ERIC Files Amicus Brief in IBM Case
Sep 19, 2005   ERIC & Deloitte: Comparison of Significant Pension Reform Proposals (October 7, 2005)
Sep 8, 2005   ERIC Submits Letter to Senators Urging Careful Consideration of Pending Pension Reform Legislation
Sep 7, 2005   ERIC: New Development on HELP MarkUp
Aug 4, 2005   Pension Coalition Memorandum Re: Existing Age Discrimination Exposure - Effect of NESTEG
Jul 1, 2005   ERIC Pension Pointers: Assessing the Status of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
May 23, 2005   ERIC Consensus Proposals for Pension Funding, PBGC Reform and Hybrid Pension Plans
Nov 16, 2004   ERIC Cash Balance Alert: Conferees to Consider Sanders Cash Balance Amendment
Jun 15, 2004   Treasury Cash Balance Regulation Withdrawn
Dec 10, 2002   ERIC Leery of Treasury’s New Cash Balance Regulations