Employee Benefits (ERISA)

Employee Benefits (ERISA)

Michael A. Katz, Jason R. Ertel | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

The Department of Labor has issued final regulations under Section 408(b)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). Often referred to as the “Necessary Services Exemption,” Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA provides relief from ERISA...

Employee Benefits (ERISA)

Sara Pikofsky | Jones Day

Following the spectacular collapse of Enron in 2001, a cottage litigation industry was created in which a handful of plaintiffs’ firms now routinely rush to bring ERISA class actions whenever a pension plan invests in the stock of the corporate sponsor and the stock price declines...

Healthcare

Iris Cheng, Angel Feng | Deacons

After being reviewed four times in three years, the Social Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Social Insurance Law”) was finally adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China on 28 October 2010. Its implementation rules (...