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07/22/08 IRS Validates Price Protection Agreements for S Corporation ESOPs

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits

The IRS marked the Fourth of July this year by issuing a private letter ruling that is favorable to S corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). The IRS confirmed that an ESOP company can enter into a ... more

06/23/08 Supreme Court Issues Two Decisions Affecting Benefit Plans

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On June 19, the United States Supreme Court issued decisions in Kentucky Retirement Systems v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , No. 06-1037, October Term 2007, and in Metropolitan Life Ins.... more

06/02/08 An ESOP Fable with a Drafting Tip

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits

An interesting case was recently decided by the federal court in the Northern District of Alabama: Pension and Employee Stock Ownership Plan Administrative Committee of Community Bancshares, Inc. v. Patters... more

06/02/08 Government Contractor ESOP Cost Accounting Rules Finalized

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) provide a tax-efficient structure for shareholders to sell some or all of their stock to a trust set up for the benefit of the company’s employees. Shareholders can defer ... more

06/02/08 U.S. District Court Finds Trustee’s Sale of Stock from Plan to be Prudent

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits

Plan participants have made claims in the past against plan fiduciaries when the value of the stock held by a plan drops, alleging that the plan fiduciary should not have acquired the stock or should have sold ... more

05/22/08 New Law Prohibits Employers from Considering Genetic Information in Making Employment Decisions

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment

On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), prohibiting employers from using genetic information for decisions on hiring, firing, promotions, or... more

04/17/08 Executive Compensation: A Case Study, presented at the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits 22nd Annual National Institute on Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions, New York

Presentation | Speech
Daniel Hogans

04/08/08 Ownership Transition Alternatives for Private Companies, presented at the Zweig White Webinar

Presentation | Speech
Erin Turley

03/27/08 ESOP Update: Deduction Disallowance Under Section 267; Section 409(p) Letter Ruling; and King & Prince Seafood Decision

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits

 

IRS Emerging Issue: S Corporation Accrued Expenses to ESOP Participants a Potential Pitfall for the Less Than 100% S Corporation ESOP

The director for prefiling and techn... more

03/21/08 Expanded Family Leave Act Provisions Can Help Military Kin, Pittsburgh Business Times

Outside Publications | Article
Lauren Licastro

03/20/08 What the HCSO Means for Companies That Have Employees Working in San Francisco

Presentation | Webcast
Karen Peteros, Andy Anderson, Donald Sullivan

03/18/08 Legal Perspective: The Details Involved in Building Your Incentive Program, presented at the Employer-Driven Health Incentives Summit, Scottsdale, AZ

Presentation | Speech
Andy Anderson

03/11/08 IRS Ruling Threatens Compensation Deductions for Public Companies

Presentation | Webcast
Louis Joseph, Daniel Hogans, Mims Zabriskie

02/22/08 New IRS Ruling Holds Performance-Based Exception to 162(m) Lost if Incentive Program Guarantees Payment Upon Termination of Employment or Retirement

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits

On February 21, 2008 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2008-13, which materially limits the performance-based compensation exception to the $1 million deduction limit under section 162(m)... more

02/21/08 Designing Executive Compensation for S Corps, presented at the 10th Annual S Corporation ESOP Seminar, Buena Vista, FL

Presentation | Speech
Daniel Hogans

02/20/08 Business Workshop: Military Rights Extended, Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Outside Publications | Article
Lauren Licastro

02/12/08 Section 409A Compliance in 2008, presented at the Louisville Employee Benefits Council, Louisville, KY

Presentation | Speech
Daniel Hogans

02/06/08 ESOP Transaction Advisory Services Overview

Marketing Material | Brochure
ESOP and Employee Benefits

02/04/08 Federal Court Permits Dividend Deduction for Stock Redeemed from ESOP

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits

On January 14, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, on a motion for summary judgment, ruled in General Mills v. United States , No. 06-3457 DSD/SRN (D. Minn. Jan. 14, 2008), that... more

02/04/08 Section 409A Compliance and Proxy Statements: Drafting Challenges, presented at the American Lawyer Institute-American Bar Association Webcast

Presentation | Webcast
Daniel Hogans

01/31/08 DOL Determines That a Fiduciary’s Use of ERISA Plan Assets to Promote Political Positions Through Proxy Resolutions Risks Violating ERISA

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits

On December 21, 2007, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an advisory opinion (2007-07A) stating that plan fiduciaries risk violating ERISA by utilizing ... more

01/14/08 The EEOC Puts Humpty Dumpty Back Together: Employer-Sponsored Retiree Healthcare Coverage Can Again Be Coordinated with Medicare

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has accomplished what the kings’ men could not— it has affirmed that employer-sponsored retiree healthcare benefits can be coordinated with Medicare or comparab... more

01/10/08 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows San Francisco’s Health Care Security Ordinance to Take Effect

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment

In August 2006, San Francisco’s mayor signed into law the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO). The HCSO requires certain employers operating with the geographic limits of the City and County of ... more

January 2008 Internal Revenue Code Section 409A: Ten Traps for the Unwary, BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, Vol. 8, No. 4

Outside Publications | Article
Daniel Hogans

12/21/07 IRS Waives ISO and ESPP Reporting Requirements for 2007; Employers Must Provide Information Statements to Employees

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits

As discussed in our LawFlash issued December 11, 2007, Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), sets forth two reporting requirements for employers sponsoring incentive stock op... more

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