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June 7, 2024 Press Releases

30 Verrill Attorneys, Across Four Offices, Recognized in the 2024 Chambers & Partners Guide More

June 9, 2023 Press Releases

30 Verrill Attorneys, Across Four Offices, Recognized in 2023 Chambers & Partners Guide More Chambers

October 13, 2022 Press Releases

39 Verrill Attorneys Named 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars More

June 8, 2022 Press Releases

31 Verrill Attorneys, Across Four Offices, Recognized in 2022 Chambers & Partners Guide More

January 24, 2022 Media Mentions

Verrill Attorney Chris Lockman Quoted in Bloomberg Law Article on Northeastern Lawsuit Supreme Court Decision More Bloomberg Law

November 22, 2021 Press Releases

32 Verrill Attorneys Named 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars More

May 27, 2021 Press Releases

32 Verrill Attorneys, Across Three Offices, Recognized in 2021 Chambers & Partners Guide More

November 9, 2020 Press Releases

35 Verrill Attorneys Named 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars More

April 27, 2020 Press Releases

38 Verrill Attorneys, Across Four Offices, Recognized in 2020 Chambers & Partners Guide More

Firm Highlights

Department of Labor Launches Retirement Savings Lost and Found

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 added new Section 523 to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), requiring the Department of Labor (the “Department”) to establish an online database called the...

DOL Announces Temporary Enforcement Policy Regarding Transfer of Small Retirement Benefit Payments of Missing Participants to State Unclaimed Property Funds

Retirement plan fiduciaries have a new option for handling small benefit payments owed to missing participants and beneficiaries thanks to a temporary enforcement policy announced by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) earlier this month...

Final Mental Health Parity Rule Spells Compliance Changes

The long-anticipated final rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) was published on September 9, 2024. The MHPAEA prohibits group health plans that provide mental health and substance use disorder...

Retirement Plan Overpayment Corrections Continue to Evolve

For over twenty years, the IRS has provided guidance on correcting overpayments from retirement plans through its correction program, the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System, currently set forth in Revenue Procedure 2021-30 (“EPCRS”). [1...

DOL Updates Cybersecurity Guidance for ERISA Plans

On September 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release announcing that it was publishing updated cybersecurity guidance in the form of Compliance Assistance Release No. 2024-01 for all plans...

Solo 401(k) Plans: A Quick Fix-It Guide

“Solo 401(k)” is a marketing term used for a 401(k) plan that is adopted by a sole proprietor or an incorporated business with no employees other than the owner. These plans offer a greater...

The GLP-1 Coverage Conundrum: Managing Costs for Group Health Plans

Many employers are facing challenges in incorporating high-cost GLP-1 medications, such as Mounjaro, Ozempic, Rybelsus, Trulicity, and Wegovy, into their group health plans, as they must balance the cost to the group health plan...

The Gag Clause Quandary for Self-Insured Group Health Plans—New FAQ Guidance

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury, with the Office of Personnel Management (the “Departments”) jointly released FAQs About Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Implementation Part 69 (“FAQs Part 69”) on...

Monitoring the Activities of a Plan Fiduciary Committee: Recommendations to a Board of Directors

It is axiomatic that a person who has fiduciary responsibility with respect to an ERISA benefit plan must monitor the performance of any plan service provider or other person to whom it has delegated...

Spence v. American Airlines: A Texas Court’s View of the Duty of Loyalty under ERISA

Since we last discussed environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) developments in the context of ERISA retirement plans (see our post here ), ESG litigation has taken a rather unexpected turn. Although the plan...

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