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The recent edition of the IRS's Retirement News for Employers reminds employers that required minimum distributions from defined benefit plans are still required for 2009 and that the 2009 waiver...

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Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine...

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From the Tax Prof Blog: The Tax Foundation has released U.S. Lags While Competitors Accelerate Corporate Income Tax Reform: New data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...

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For an article providing a review of recent legal developments pertaining to retiree medical, read: "Retiree Medical Litigation's Dirty Little Secret: "Location, Location, Location!" (Reader bewa...

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The FTC has issued some Q & As which are very helpful to practitioners regarding the application of the Red Flags Rule to certain benefit plans: Plan Loans: 12. If our company meets the definitio...

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From the Wall Street Journal-"Repealing ERISA." Excerpt: ERISA allows employers that self-insure-that is, those large enough to build their own risk pools and pay benefits directly-to offer unifo...

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A great story in the Boston Globe (as noted by Plan Sponsor) today: "Lappin takes hit for workers." It describes how an owner and founder of a charity, Ronald Lappin, has restored the 401(k) bala...

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Access it here. Read about it in this press release here. Read about the proposed legislation here....

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You can read about it here at the Fiduciary Guidebook....

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There is a very interesting study here from Wharton suggesting that better wellness programs could be created by employers to encourage workforce health and lower health insurance costs. The arti...

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