Employee Benefits Law, 3rd Edition

Your first source for decided cases, legislation, regulations, and employee benefits law guidance issued by federal agencies

The all-new Employee Benefits Law, Third Editionoffers detailed, annotated coverage by distinguished members of the Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, who provide careful analysis and balanced explanations of:

• ERISA Titles I and IV
• Rules of tax qualification, deductibility, and other key tax issues
• Preemption, with regard to ERISA and medical malpractice and related claims
• Benefit claims, with regard to evidentiary issues and abuse of discretion in denials
• Interplay with related legal areas--including employment discrimination and labor relations
• Effects of sexual orientation and veteran status on benefits

The treatise covers such important recent cases as CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, class action litigation that produced mixed results on claims relating to cash balance conversion of a defined benefit pension plan; Conkright v. Frommert, regarding the discretion due to a plan administrator whose first interpretation of ambiguous plan provisions was rejected by the courts as arbitrary and capricious; and Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., regarding the discretionary right of courts to award attorneys' fees and costs to a party in a case where the court had remanded the case to the plan administrator for review. It also provides coverage of the 2010 health care reform acts: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA).

The Third Editionalso includes thorough discussion of the statute, regulations, and case law governing breach of fiduciary duty and prohibited transaction claims, including application of that law to commonly litigated areas such as employer securities, service provider fees, and fiduciary misrepresentations. It offers comprehensive coverage of ERISA preemption, including all Supreme Court decisions on this complex issue and preemption's effect on state and local government attempts to mandate health benefits. In addition, the treatise discusses:

• The evolution of the law governing court review of benefits determinations, including the Courts pronouncement on standard of review in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn
• Rules governing administrative exhaustion of claims, including the impact of health care reform laws on those rules
• Detailed coverage of the law governing ESOPs, 401(k) plans, IRAs, and nonqualified plans
• How and when PPACA will affect the law governing health care benefit plans