On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1,182 (2020). (the Act) was signed into law. The Act includes COVID-related and other provisions that impact health and retirement plans, [...]
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.Pub. L. No. 116-94, 133 Stat. 2,534 (2019). In citations, Division O of this law is hereinafter cited as the “SECURE Act.” [...]
In December 2014, President Obama signed into law two pieces of legislation impacting employee benefit plans: the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 ("Appropriations Act") and the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 ("TIPA").P.L. [...]
On June 5, 2014, the Washington State Attorney General, Office of the Insurance Commissioner, and Human Rights Commission (the "Agencies") jointly issued an announcement clarifying that under Washington State law (which recognizes same-sex marriages and prohibits [...]