The 1974 enactment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") brought to the federal courts an array of claims that had previously been decided under a patchwork of state and local laws. The many subsequent changes in employee retirement options and the resulting federal regulations have created a complex legal web for attorneys to navigate. Written by a team of authors with many years of ERISA litigation experience and using a Q&A format it is filled with practical illustrations and practice tips and provides a comprehensive overview of this important area.

ERISA Benefits Litigation Answer Book provides a comprehensive overview, in question and answer format, of the various causes of action the Employee Retirement Income Security Act provides to remedy violations of the statute, enforce the terms of a benefit plan, or provide other relief to a plan, its participants or its fiduciaries.Written by a team of authors with many years of ERISA litigation experience, and filled with practical illustrations and tips, ERISA Benefits Litigation Answer Book describes the legal requirements of, defenses to, and unique aspects of litigation involving: stock drops, ESOPs, cash balance plans, prohibited transactions, 401(K) fees, recovery of benefits due under a plan, multi-employer plans, managed care plans, and discrimination and interference with benefits rights. Also covered are chapters discussing litigation of claims arising under federal common law, affirmative defenses to ERISA claims, and limitations on actions under ERISA.

The QDRO ANSWER BOOK is the one source to turn to for comprehensive guidance on administration & compliance of QDROs & QMCSOs. Written for human resources & employee benefit professionals, plan administrators, & attorneys, the QDRO Answer Book provides practical advice & tips on every stage of the QDRO process to ensure legal qualification & compliance at all times. In an easy-to-reference format, it clearly explains retirement plan divisions for qualified & nonqualified plans. Among the hundreds of difficult & complex issues that are thoroughly described & analyzed: Determining whether DROs are qualified Communicating QDRO requirements to attorneys Administering distributions pursuant to QDROs Communicating QDRO procedures to participants & potential alternate payees Segregating plan assets during qualification review Establishing administrative procedures consistent with the new QMSCO rules Notifying participants & potential alternate payees of receipt of DROs To further simplify compliance & administration, the QDRO ANSWER BOOK contains important model language & checklists, as well as relevant cites to primary source material.

Representing the combined work of more than forty leading compliance attorneys, Corporate Compliance Answer Book helps you develop, implement, and enforce compliance programs that detect and prevent wrongdoing. You'll learn how to: Use risk assessment to pinpoint and reduce your company's areas of legal exposureApply gap analysis to detect and eliminate flaws in your compliance programConduct internal investigations that prevent legal problems from becoming major crisesDevelop records management programs that prepare you for the e-discovery involved in investigations and litigationSatisfy labor and employment mandates, environmental rules, lobbying and campaign finance laws, export control regulations, and FCPA anti-bribery standardsMake voluntary disclosures and cooperate with government agencies in ways that mitigate the legal, financial and reputational damages caused by violationsFeaturing dozens of real-world case studies, charts, tables, compliance checklists, and best practice tips, Corporate Compliance Answer Book pays for itself over and over again by helping you avoid major legal and financial burdens.

Roth IRA Answer Book provides in-depth coverage of the administration and operation of Roth IRAs. A team of practicing experts analyzes the most recent developments in practice, as well as legislation, regulation, and law. It is the one resource that takes pension professionals step by step through all aspects of plan administration and compliance. Roth IRA Answer Book, Seventh Edition has been updated to include: How plan failures involving designated Roth accounts are corrected under Revenue Procedure 2013-12, the revised EPCRS--Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System Why the DOL seeks to replace the five-part test under the 1975 fiduciary investment advice regulation with a new definition that makes more investment service providers accountable as ERISA fiduciaries Substantially revised chapter on beneficiary designations Why the Supreme Court will rule on the exemption for inherited IRAs in bankruptcy and the new three-year bankruptcy exemption limit The extension of the qualified charitable contribution provisions under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 A discussion of the Obama Administration's automatic workplace pension proposal requiring employers that do not sponsor a retirement plan to enroll their employees in a direct-deposit payroll deduction Roth IRA How the 2013 budget proposal would prohibit individuals from accumulating over $3 million in tax-preferred retirement accounts How the final regulations determine the oldest trust beneficiary when a beneficiary dies after the account owner but before the beneficiary determination date without disclaiming How a state law may supplement a non-ERISA plan's provisions concerning the manner of making a beneficiary designation and when ERISA preempts state law Discussion of the broadening of the airline payment rules under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 that allows for the rollover of an "airline payment" to a traditional IRA, as well as, the recharacterization of an airline payment from a Roth IRA to a traditional IRA Discussion of the forthcoming guidance addressing eligible rollover distributions under Code Section 402(c) and Roth distributions under Code Section 402A that are "disbursed to multiple destinations" Explanation of the procedures for applying to the IRS for an opinion letter And more!