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Covington & Burling Summarizes Proposed Regulations on Fee to Fund Patient Outcomes Agency
Covington & Burling recently issued a client advisory bulletin summarizing proposed regulations by the Internal Revenue Service to… More
Covington & Burling’s Compensation and Benefits Pointers Reviews Recent Developments
Covington & Burling’s current Compensation and Benefits Pointers, a quarterly review of recent developments in employee benefits… More
EBRI Study Finds Curtailing Tax Treatment of 401(k)s Could Reduce Balances
According to research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a proposal to change the tax preferences for employment-based 401(k)… More
Milliman Analysis Finds Falling Interest Rates Define 2011 for Corporate Pensions
According to the results of Milliman’s 2012 Pension Funding Study, which analyzes the 100 largest US corporate pensions, record-low… More
Morgan Lewis Overview of Final Rule on Summary of Benefits and Coverage
With permission from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, we are sharing with ERIC members a client alert that highlights some of the key changes in… More
Towers Watson/NBGH Survey Finds Many Employers Considering Changes to Health Benefits Offerings
According to findings from the 2012 Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care,… More
Covington & Burling Memo on CFTC Final Rules on Business Conduct Standards
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on January 11, 2012, approved final regulations related to business conduct standards for… More
CRR Analysis Challenges Assumptions Regarding Low-Income Wage Reduction for 401(k) Benefits
A recent report by the Center for Retirement Research written by Eric Toder and Karen E. Smith examines the distributional benefits of… More
EBRI/ICI Report Finds 401(k) Investors Seeking Greater Balance
A new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Investment Company Institute (ICI) finds that 401(k) plan participants… More
EBRI: Consumer-Driven Health Plans Now Cover 7% of Adult Population
Consumer-driven health plans continued growing at a significant pace in 2011, with 7 percent of the adult population enrolled in a CDHP,… More
EBRI Analysis Finds Tax Reform Proposals Likely to Reduce 401(k) Account Balances
According to a new analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, two proposals under consideration by Congress to change the… More
Mercer Finds Employer Health Plan Enrollment Up 2% under PPACA’s Dependent Eligibility Rule
Results from Mercer's National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans show that employers have already felt the effects of the… More
EBRI: Capping 401(k) Contributions Would Hurt Both High and Low-Income Workers
A new analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that capping the annual tax preferred contributions to the lower of $20,000… More
EBRI Analysis Finds that Elimination of Tax Benefits for Employment-Based Health Coverage May Push Workers to Exchanges
Workers may choose to enter insurance exchanges over keeping employment-based health coverage if the tax treatment for health benefits… More
Towers Watson Finds Employers to Spend More Time on Retirement Plan Governance
With benefit costs rising and increased regulatory complexity, four out of 10 U.S. employers expect to spend more time governing their… More
Covington & Burling Article Urges Treasury to Rethink Approach to Hybrid Plans
An article by Richard Shea, Robert Newman, and Katherine Mineka of Covington & Burling published earlier this month by the Bureau of… More
ASPPA Study Says Bad Budget Math Targets Taxing 401(K) Plans
A new study by the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) finds that proposals to scale back or eliminate… More
Covington & Burling Reviews Recent Developments Concerning PPACA
ERIC Counsel Covington & Burling recently released a client alert that summarizes recent regulatory, case law, and legislative… More
CRS Reviews Potential Employer Penalties Under PPACA
A recent report by the Congressional Research Services describes the potential penalties beginning in 2014 to employers under the Patient… More
Mercer GRIST Report Summarizing Final and Proposed Regulations on Hybrid Retirement Plans
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Covington & Burling Summary of Final and Proposed Regulations on Hybrid Retirement Plans
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Covington & Burling Summaries of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
ERIC counsel Covington & Burling has prepared several client bulletins detailing specific provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that we are… More
Mercer: Understanding the New Rules on Health Plan Lifetime and Annual Dollar Limits
With permission from Mercer, we are providing ERIC members with an analysis by Mercer of the recently released interim final regulation on… More
Mercer: What Pension Plan Sponsors Need to Know about Newly Enacted Funding Relief
With permission from Mercer, we are providing ERIC members with an analysis by Mercer of the pension funding relief legislation (the… More
Mercer Report: Employers Must Prepare to Extend Children’s Health Coverage and Adjust Tax Treatment
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor on May 10 released interim final regulations implementing the requirements… More
