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 [...]