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Bulletins
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Bulletin
February 24, 2011
Fiduciary Considerations for Insured Retirement Income Products: Focus on Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefits

Bulletin
February 3, 2011
The Impact of 408(b)(2) on Service Providers

Bulletin
January 5, 2011
The New Form ADV Part 2: Convergence of ERISA and Securities Law Disclosure

Bulletin
December 2, 2010
Allocating Fees Among Participant-Directed Plan Participants

Bulletin
October 14, 2010
The DOL’s 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Recordkeepers

Bulletin
September 30, 2010
SEC and DOL Convergence: Are You Ready?

Bulletin
September 15, 2010
The DOL’s 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Broker-Dealers and Registered Representatives

Bulletin
August 25, 2010
The DOL’s 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs)

Bulletin
August 11, 2010
The 408(b)(2) Regulation: An Overview

Bulletin
July 16, 2010
DOL Releases Final Fee Disclosure Regulation

Bulletin
July 15, 2010
SEC and DOL Guidance on Target Date Funds

Bulletin
March 11, 2010
The 5500 Nightmare: Completing the Schedule C

Bulletin
February 9, 2010
Washington, D.C. Update: The Feds Have A Full Agenda

Bulletin
December 17, 2009
Brokers As Fiduciaries: The Reality and the Issues

Bulletin
September 10, 2009
Hecker vs. Deere Revisited

Bulletin
August 13, 2009
This is the second of two bulletins regarding decisions by Judge- now Justice- Sonia Sotomayor involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). This bulletin addresses several ERISA decisions issued by Judge Sotomayor while she was a United States District Judge. [Read "A Summary of Judge Sotomayor's ERISA Decisions - Part II]

Bulletin
July 30, 2009
President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonia Maria Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor has had a broad range of experience with ERISA related cases from her tenure as both a district court and court of appeals judge. Reish & Reicher's July 30, 2009 bulletin briefly reviews some of her decisions while a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [Read "A Summary of Judge Sotomayor's ERISA Decisions"]

Bulletin
July 8, 2009
Fiduciary Status for Broker-Dealers

Bulletin
May 13, 2009
The New Take on 404(c): Confusion in the Federal Courts

Bulletin
March 19, 2009
Investment Advice for Participants: Capturing Rollovers

Bulletin
March 12, 2009
Investment Advice for Participants: Prohibited Transactions and Level Fee Advice

Bulletin
March 10, 2009
The Fiduciary Duty to Avoid Conflicts of Interest in Selecting Plan Service Providers

Bulletin
March 4, 2009
Investment Advice to Participants: What The “Final” DOL Regulation Means

Bulletin
January 22, 2009
Disclosure Regulation Not Approved

Bulletin
January 12, 2009
Update on Service Provider Disclosure Under 408(B)(2)

Bulletin
October 6, 2008
Disclosure of Service Provider Compensation: Final 408(b)(2) Regulation Will be Issued Soon

Bulletin
August 6, 2008
The DOL’s Proposed 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Independent Recordkeepers

Bulletin
June 12, 2008
Navigating the QDIA Notice Requirements

Bulletin
April 10, 2008
The Supreme Court’s Decision in LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates: How It Affects You, What You Should Do, and Ruminations Regarding the Fractured Opinion

Bulletin
March 13, 2008
The DOL’s Proposed 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Broker-dealers and Registered Representatives

Bulletin
February 21, 2008
How You Are Paying What You Don’t Know: A Primer on Indirect Mutual Fund Payments

Bulletin
February 4, 2008
The DOL’s Proposed 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact of the Mandated Disclosures on Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs)

Bulletin
January 21, 2008
Investments That Qualify Under the Final QDIA Regulation

Bulletin
November 8, 2007
DOL Issues the Final QDIA Regulation

Bulletin
July 11, 2007
Brokers as Fiduciaries

Bulletin
June 26, 2007
IRS Announces Universal Availability Project: Focus on School District 403(b) Plans

Bulletin
May 7, 2007

  • Initial IRS Contact Letter
  • Section 403(b) Questionnaire
  • Follow Up Letter

    ERISA Audit Bulletin
    March 13, 2007
    IRS Provides 412(i) Plan Audit Clarification

    LABC Bulletin
    March 5, 2007

  • The IRS and DOL Provide Insight Into Their Operations
  • Disclosure of Conflicting Revenues
  • Short and Long-Term Goals of Congress
  • QDIA Guidance is "Slipping"
  • Tax-Exempt and Government Plans

    ERISA Audit Bulletin
    February 13, 2007
    Terms for Resolving 412(i) Audits

    Bulletin
    February 7, 2007
    Pension Protection Act: DOL Interprets Participant Investment Advice Rules

    Tax Alert Bulletin
    February 2, 2007
    State Tax Credit Partnerships: The IRS’s Opening Salvo

    Automatic Enrollment Bulletin
    January 23, 2007
    New Developments for Automatically Enrolled Plans

    Bulletin
    December 4, 2006
    New Relief Offered to Fiduciaries Under the Pension Protection Act of 2006

    Plan Sponsors Bulletin
    November 17, 2006

  • Deadline for Notices for Automatic Enrollment
  • Deadline for Notice of Fiduciary Relief for Default Investments

    Bulletin
    October 19, 2006
    The Pension Protection Act of 2006: Investment Advice Provisions

    Bulletin
    October 11, 2006
    Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements

    ERISA Litigation Bulletin
    October 6, 2006
    Spate of Class Action Lawsuits Targets 401(k) Fees and Expenses

    ERISA Bulletin
    September 22, 2006
    Fred Reish Testifies Before the DOL Advisory Council

    Bulletin
    September 8, 2006
    401(k) Provisions of Pension Protection Act of 2006

    Department of Labor Voluntary Compliance Bulletin
    June 1, 2006
    The DOL Updates the VFC Program: What do the Changes Mean to You?

    Fiduciary Developments Bulletin
    May 23, 2006
    A Little Help from My Friends--In the Government

    ERISA Audit Bulletin
    March 2, 2006
    IRS Targets 412(i) Plans

    ERISA Alert Bulletin
    April 11, 2005
    Rousey v. Jacoway: The Supreme Court Extends Bankruptcy Protection to IRAs, or Does It?

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