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The Benefit of Benefits

How Do You Like Them Apples?-The Second Circuit Requires Apples-to-Apples Comparison in Excessive Fee Complaints

On December 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court’s dismissal and...

IRS Releases Form For Making Section 83(b) Election

Under Internal Revenue Code section 83(b), taxpayers who receive property, such as stock, in exchange for services that is subject...

IRS Issues Guidance On Long-Term, Part-Time Employees In 403(b) Plans

On October 3, 2024, the IRS issued guidance on applying the Long-Term, Part-Time Employee (LTPT) rules to 403(b) plans beginning...

IRS Issues Interim Guidance on Qualified Student Loan Payments

SECURE 2.0 codified that for plan years beginning after 2023, 401(k), 403(b), governmental 457(b) and SIMPLE IRA plans can provide...

Texas Court Strikes Down FTC Non-Compete Rule

As reported in previous posts, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that generally...

Court Denies Expanding Preliminary Injunction on FTC Non-Compete Rule

As reported in my previous article, Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements , the District Court...

Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

As I wrote in April, a lawsuit filed by Ryan, LLC in the United States District Court for the Northern...

FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Affecting Executive Compensation Challenged in Courts

On April 23, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final rule that prohibits most non-compete clauses. The rule...

Notice 2024-02 Guidance on Distributions to the Terminally Ill

This article is the fifth in the series addressing the 81 pages of guidance on the legislation known as SECURE...

When Automatic Isn’t Automatic: Notice 2024-02 Guidance on Self-Correcting Auto-Enrollment And Auto-Escalation Failures

This article is the fourth in the series addressing the 81 pages of guidance on the legislation known as SECURE...

New Plan Automatic Enrollment Guidance Under IRS Notice 2024-02

This article is the third in the series addressing the 81 pages of guidance on the legislation known as SECURE...

Guidance on Roth Matching or Nonelective Contributions in IRS Notice 2024-02

This article is the second in the series addressing the 81 pages of guidance on the legislation known as SECURE...
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