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Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig named 2021 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers

ANNOUNCEMENT: K&A is pleased to announce that Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig have been named to the 2021 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters. The Super Lawyers list honors the top five percent of the lawyers in Washington, DC, based on a patented multi-phased selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, […]

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DOL’s Cybersecurity Guidance: Practical Pointers for Fiduciaries

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CLIENT ALERT–May 17, 2021 Printer-friendly PDF version On April 14, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued important guidance concerning cybersecurity in relation to ERISA-covered employee benefit plans, with separate items directed chiefly to service providers, fiduciaries, and participants and beneficiaries (referred to in this Client Alert as “participants”). This guidance comes in the wake

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Untying the Knot: Making Sense of Guidance on Missing and Nonresponsive Participants (Part 2)

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DOL Compliance and Enforcement Guidance CLIENT ALERT: February 25, 2021 Printer-friendly PDF version Part 1 of this series focused on the most wide-ranging and practical of the three recent pieces of guidance published by DOL relating to missing and nonresponsive participants – its guidance on Missing Participants – Best Practices for Pension Plans. There, we

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Untying the Knot: Making Sense of Guidance on Missing and Nonresponsive Participants (Part 1)

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Background and DOL Guidance CLIENT ALERT – February 18, 2021 Printer-friendly PDF version of Part 1 Click here for Part 2 of this series Missing and nonresponsive participants are the bane of every retirement plan administrator’s existence. Mailings come back undelivered, forms are not returned, and checks go uncashed. Benefits earned by participants remain undistributed,

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Distressed Employers Facing Skyrocketing Pension Contributions: A Non-Bankruptcy Solution

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CLIENT ALERT – December 16, 2020 During these financially difficult times – with a raging pandemic, sharply reduced revenues, historically low interest rates, and pension contributions slated to increase dramatically – many employers are finding that the skyrocketing costs of funding their pension plans are threatening their viability and ultimate survival. A little-known provision in

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Jim Keightley, Harold Ashner, and Linda Rosenzweig named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 list in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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ANNOUNCEMENT: K&A is pleased to announce that Jim Keightley, Harold Ashner, and Linda Rosenzweig were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 list in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. Since its inaugural publication in 1983, Best Lawyers® has been a definitive guide to legal excellence. Its choice of

Jim Keightley, Harold Ashner, and Linda Rosenzweig named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 list in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENT: K&A is pleased to announce that Jim Keightley, Harold Ashner, and Linda Rosenzweig were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 list in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. Since its inaugural publication in 1983, Best Lawyers® has been a definitive guide to legal excellence. Its choice of

Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig named 2020 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENT: K&A is pleased to announce that Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig have been named to the 2020 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters. The Super Lawyers list honors the top five percent of the lawyers in Washington, DC, based on a patented multi-phased selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations,

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Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig named 2019 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENT: K&A is pleased to announce that Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig have been named to the 2019 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters. The Super Lawyers list honors the top five percent of the lawyers in Washington, DC, based on a patented multi-phased selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations,

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