Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Events

PLANSPONSOR Webinar: Provider Due Diligence

When: June 15, 2023 at 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: Zoom

People: Eric D. Altholz

Maine HR Convention: Workshop C: What Every Plan Sponsor Needs to Know-Your Fiduciary Duties in 2023

When: May 10, 2023 at 1:00pm – 2:15pm

Location: Samoset Resort

People: Christopher S. Lockman

Employee Benefits Council of Maine Webinar: What Employers & Fiduciaries Should Know Now About Secure 2.0

When: April 6, 2023 at 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Location: Virtual

People: Kenneth F. Ginder, Anna Mikhaylina

HPA Member Meeting: Fiduciary Duty Overview

When: March 22, 2023 at 7:30am – 10:00am

Location: The Woodlands Club

People: Christopher S. Lockman

October Annual Update: Record Retention Best Practices for Employee Benefit Plans: How Much and How Long?

When: October 27, 2022 at 9:30am – 10:30am

Location: Zoom

People: Eric D. Altholz, Anna Mikhaylina

Virtual HSA Conference 2022

When: April 13, 2022 at 10:55am – 12:00pm

Location: Virtual

Firm Highlights

Publication/Podcast

Five Recommended Practices for ERISA Retirement Plan Administrative Fiduciaries

Verrill’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group is often asked about “best practices” for benefit plan administration and whether we can provide any resources to help plan sponsors and fiduciaries improve compliance with the...

Maine’s Mandatory Retirement Savings Program: What Employers Need to Know

On October 18, 2023, the Maine Retirement Savings Board adopted a final rule implementing Maine’s state-run retirement savings program, the Maine Retirement Investment Trust or MERIT. MERIT is intended to help employees who do...

82 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024, Including 10 Named Lawyers of the Year

Publication/Podcast

More to Consider Concerning the FTC’s Proposed Rule Prohibiting Non-Competition Clauses

Updated 2/9/2023: The proposed rule is open to public comment for a period ending March 20, 2023. As previously reported by Verrill attorney Tawny Alvarez in the firm’s “Taking Care of HR Business” blog...

Verrill Welcomes Kaitlyn Malkin to Firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group

HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes: Just in time for the New Year?

In 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed changes to the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that would significantly alter the current regulations...

Comprehensive Benefit Plans Representation of Seller in Strategic Acquisition

We represented the largest physician network in Massachusetts in the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of its acquisition by one of the largest health care companies in the United States. After several rounds...

Publication/Podcast

Establishing Practices and Procedures to Support Retirement Plan Self-Correction

The opportunity to self-correct mistakes in maintaining a retirement plan has been dramatically expanded by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”); see our February 10 blog post for details. However, IRS interim...

The Department of Labor Proposes Its New Fiduciary Rule

On October 31, 2023, the Department of Labor published a new proposed regulation (the “ Proposed Rule ”) defining “investment advice” for purposes of determining when someone advising an ERISA plan or participant or...

Advised Fortune 500 Company on Group Health and Welfare Benefit Plans

We were engaged by a Fortune 500 manufacturing company to provide legal and compliance services regarding its group health and welfare benefit plans. During the course of our representation, we have advised the company...

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