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Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2013

Taken from the Web Program ERISA: The Evolving World 2013 Recorded August, 2013 in New York401(k) Plan Fundamentals, Employer Securities in Qualified Plans, and Fiduciary Responsibility and Prohibited Transactions [02:45:58] B. 401(k) Fundamentals Basic design features Special nondiscrimination rules Special distributuion rules C. Title IV - Defined Benefit Plans: Design Funding, the PBGC, Plan Terminations and Multiemployer Plans Basics ...

Recorded on: Oct. 10, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Hot Issues in Executive Compensation 2012 Recorded October, 2012 in New York Advising in Changing Circumstances: M&A & Bankruptcy [01:04:00] Bankruptcy: developments and lessons learned M&A: developments in change-in-control arrangements, say on golden parachutes disclosure and results The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Pension Plan Investments 2013: Current Perspectives NY Recorded April, 2013 in New YorkA Look-back: Department of Labor, Prohibited Transaction Issues and Perspectives [01:06:25] A discussion of prohibited transaction exemption developments with Ivan Strasfeld, former Director of the Office of Exemption Determinations Practitioners’ Q&A session The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) ...

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2013

Taken from the briefing ERISA Controlled Group Liability for Private Equity Funds: Fully Covered or Over Exposed? recorded February, 2013. The presentation will focus on the court and administrative decisions addressing whether ERISA's controlled group liability provisions expose investment fund assets (including minority investments) to the pension plan liabilities of distressed portfolio companies. Lecture Topics [Total Time: ...

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program ERISA Fiduciary Investment Basics 2013 NY Recorded February, 2013 in New York ERISA Litigation [01:03:05] What are the basic fiduciary responsibilities in the context of a 401(k) plan How does participant direction of account investment limit this fiduciary responsibility What are the key areas of possible fiduciary liability exposure The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) ...

Recorded on: May. 29, 2013

On April 16, the Supreme Court decided the case of US Airways v. McCutchen. In McCutchen, the Supreme Court considered the question of whether reimbursement provisions in a self-funded employee welfare benefit plan governed by ERISA are required to be enforced as they are written. The answer was a resounding yes, continuing the Court's line of reasoning that focuses on what the ERISA plan documents say, and reinforcing the importance of ...

Recorded on: Jan. 28, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Securities Products of Insurance Companies in the Course of Regulatory Reform 2013 Recorded January, 2013 in New York Pension Developments [00:58:43] New DOL disclosure standards A new fiduciary standard Advice for participants Lifetime Income Options The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Washington Update Thomas ...

Recorded on: Nov. 19, 2012

Taken from the briefing Pensions and Corporate Finance: How to Avoid Buyer's Remorse 2012recorded November, 2012. Ever since the PBGC’s 2007 opinion that a private equity fund with a controlling interest can be liable for a portfolio company’s pension problems, there is increased evidence that corporate transactions can go seriously awry if ERISA benefit plans are not properly addressed. Legal issues are not the only risk ...