EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS COMMITTEE
What's New
Spring Newsletter
The last edition of the Employee Benefits Law Committee Newsletter included the following
articles and features on recent legal developments:
Regulatory Update
By: Carol McClarnon (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Washington, DC)
Retirement Distributions at Age 70 1/2
for Active Employees: Considerations for Plan Sponsors
By: Cheryl Risley Hughes (Sanders, Schnabel, Brandenburg & Zimmerman, P.C.,
Washington, DC)
Regulations Issued Implementing the
Mental Health Parity Act of 1996
By: Robert L. Abramowitz, Steven D. Spencer, & Jonathan G. Rose (Morgan, Lewis
& Bockius LLP)
Three Federal Agencies Clarify Group
Health Coverage Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
By: Robert L. Abramowitz, Steven D. Spencer, Jonathan G. Rose, & Robert M. Hunter
(Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
DOL Studying 401(k) Fees
By: Francis P. Grealy, Jr. (Watson Wyatt Worldwide)
Supreme Court Update
By: Steuart Thomsen (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Washington, DC)
Long Island Lighting: Is It Safe to
Talk?
By: Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr. & Derek M. Meisner (Jorden Burt Boros Cicchetti
Berenson & Johnson, Washington, DC)
Benefits-Related Legislation in 1998:
All Talk?
By: Ann Marie Breheny (Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Bethesda, MD)
The Newsletter also included an update on
various Committee Activities and a Directory of Committee Members organized by state.
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further information about the newsletter or to suggest ideas for it, contact our
Newsletter Editor, Carol T. McClarnon.
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