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Our employee benefits attorneys are regularly involved in the design,
implementation and administration of employee benefit plans, including qualified
retirement plans, trust agreements, health and other welfare plans, deferred
compensation arrangements, stock, stock option and other equity-based
compensation arrangements. Our attorneys provide assistance to a diverse
range of clients including corporations, banks, trustees, insurers, plans and
tax-exempt employers.
Areas in which they can assist include:
- Federal and state tax treatment to employers and employees of employee
benefits
- Fiduciary responsibility for plan decisions, including plan
investments
- Treatment of employee benefit plans in corporate transactions
- Proceedings involving the Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service and
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Federal and state securities law implications of stock-based compensation,
including the drafting of required disclosure documents and registration
statements
- ERISA and employee benefit litigation
- Funding vehicles for all types of employee benefit plans and deferred
compensation arrangements, including trust documents, customized insurance
arrangements, voluntary employee beneficiary associations, and self-insured
arrangements
- Compliance with privacy legislation, including HIPAA
Our attorneys have conducted numerous "audits" of clients' employee benefit
plans and administration to review compliance with applicable laws and suggest
improvements.
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