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Could CalSavers Go National? Federal Mandated Payroll Deduction Plan Proposal Included In 3.5 Trillion Budget Proposal

In May the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California’s automatic enrollment IRA program known...
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IRS Revamps EPCRS: Expands SCP; Eliminates Anonymous VCP Submissions; Expands Overpayment Safe Harbor to DB Plans

On July 16, 2021, the IRS released its updated Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) by issuing Rev. Proc. 2021-30...
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Supremes Uphold ACA Again! Find Challengers Lacked Standing.

On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court finally decided California v. Texas , the case challenging the constitutionality of the...
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Ninth Circuit Holds CalSavers Is Not Preempted By ERISA. . . 6/30 Deadline Approaching

On May 6, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a District court’s dismissal of...
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No Fooling: Employers Must Act Now On April 1 COBRA Subsidy Period

Under the federal health coverage continuation law, known as COBRA, a private employer with 20 or more employees that sponsors...
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DOL Won’t Enforce Trump Administration’s New ESG Rules

I just published, on March 1, my article “ New President, New Hope, New ESG Policy. . . Maybe....
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New President, New Hope, New ESG Policy. . . Maybe.

A lot has happened in 2021 already. The election of Joe Biden as President was certified by the Senate after...
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Will DOL Withdrawing Support Doom Revival Of ERISA Challenge To CalSavers?

On February 5, 2021, the United States Department of Labor withdrew its amicus brief supporting the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s...
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It’s Going To Be A PEPPY New Year!

Happy Holidays! You may have a pep in your step with the news that the FDA has approved the Pfizer...
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Could Severability Be The Treat That Foils Senate Republican’s ACA Supreme Court Trick?

The Republican Senate has confirmed President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. The confirmation...
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Death of RBG Could be Death of ACA

Our country lost a great lawyer, jurist, advocate, patriot, citizen, and icon on Friday. And oh yeah, she happened to...
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California Rideshare Companies At The Intersection Of AB5 and Proposition 22

On August 10, 2020, a California Superior Court Judge granted a preliminary injunction against rideshare companies Uber and Lyft requiring...
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