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PlanSponsorJanuary 20, 2021
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Financier WorldwideAugust 24, 2020
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The Internal Revenue Service has been busy issuing guidance over the last month or so on various retirement benefit issues. We want to be sure you are aware of these important updates.Client AlertJuly 21, 2020
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Roy C. Andersen, Benjamin J. Armour, John G. Balboni, Victor N. Baltera, Ashley H. Brooks, John L. Chilton, Nicole M. Crum, David E. Danovitch, Jeffrey R. Gleit, Angela Gomes, David A. Guadagnoli, Brian E. Hammell, John Hunt, Thomas G. Huszar, Richard L. Jones, David H. Kaplan, Jeffrey M. Karp, Scott L. Kaufman, Caroline A. Kupiec, David M. Leahy, David C. Mahaffey, Scott M. Miller, Louis A. Monti, David J. Nagle, Nicholas M. O'Donnell, Ameek Ashok Ponda, John H. Riley, Lewis N. Segall, Amy E. Sheridan, Gerry Silver, Laura Steinberg, Douglas S. Stransky, Paul E. Summit, Joel S. Telpner, Matthew J. Van WormerPress ReleaseJune 10, 2020
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Client AlertApril 6, 2020
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An Overview Of The New Federally Funded Coronavirus Leave ProgramsCorinne Hood Greene, David A. Guadagnoli, Susanne Hafer, Nathaniel R.B. Koslof, Amy E. Sheridan, Erika L. ToddClient AlertMarch 24, 2020
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Client AlertMarch 16, 2020
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Client AlertMarch 9, 2020
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Client AlertJanuary 23, 2020
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PLANSPONSORMay 20, 2019
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Press ReleaseDecember 12, 2018
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Client AdvisoryNovember 20, 2018
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Client AdvisorySeptember 10, 2018
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Benjamin J. Armour, John G. Balboni, Victor N. Baltera, J. Truman Bidwell Jr., Ashley H. Brooks, John L. Chilton, Nicole M. Crum, Christopher C. Curtis, Lindsey A. Getz, David A. Guadagnoli, Brian E. Hammell, John Hunt, Richard L. Jones, David H. Kaplan, Jeffrey M. Karp, David M. Leahy, David C. Mahaffey, Louis A. Monti, Ameek Ashok Ponda, Nicole Rives, Lewis N. Segall, Amy E. Sheridan, Gerry Silver, Laura Steinberg, Douglas S. Stransky, Matthew J. Van Wormer, Carol G. WolffPress ReleaseMay 30, 2018
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Client AdvisoryFebruary 20, 2018
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Client AdvisoryOctober 27, 2017
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benefitspro.comOctober 24, 2017
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Benjamin J. Armour, John G. Balboni, Susan M. Barnard, Howard E. Berkenblit, Ashley H. Brooks, William J. Curry, Clark A. Freeman, David A. Guadagnoli, Oded Har-Even, David M. Leahy, David C. Mahaffey, Louis A. Monti, David J. Nagle, Ameek Ashok Ponda, Harry H. Rimm, Nicole Rives, Lewis N. Segall, Amy E. Sheridan, Laura Steinberg, John M. Steiner, Douglas S. Stransky, Joel S. Telpner, Adam N. Weisenberg, Carol G. WolffPress ReleaseMay 31, 2017
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Client AdvisoryApril 14, 2017
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Client AdvisoryJanuary 23, 2017
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Client AdvisoryMay 25, 2016
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Benefits BriefOctober 27, 2015
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Massachusetts Lawyers WeeklyApril 20, 2015
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Benefits BriefDecember 21, 2009
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Additional Guidance on Federal COBRA SubsidyClient AlertApril 17, 2009
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In the increasingly regulated world of compensation and employee benefits programs, compliance alone demands considerable skill, but compliance is not enough. Employers need imaginative solutions to the problems of plan design and implementation, fiduciary oversight, communications to participants, and handling benefits matters in business acquisitions and divestitures and the transition periods that so often follow (and sometimes precede) a transaction. With clients from sole proprietors and small businesses to public companies and established financial institutions and service businesses with thousands of employees and offices worldwide, Sullivan’s compensation and benefits specialists, tax attorneys by training, bring deep expertise and a practical approach to bear on each situation to help you achieve your goals.
We regularly work with domestic and multinational employers to design and implement qualified retirement plans (profit sharing, money purchase pension, defined benefit, and 401(k) plans, as well as employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)), retirement plans for tax-exempt organizations (including 403(b) and 457 arrangements), nonqualified deferred compensation and all forms of equity compensation arrangements (including the use of rabbi trusts and secular trusts, phantom equity arrangements, golden parachutes, deferred compensation, severance, and top hat and excess benefit plans), and structure tax-efficient welfare and fringe benefit plans (medical, life insurance, disability, dependent care, and education assistance, as examples). With our grounding as tax attorneys, our Benefits colleagues are always sensitive to ensuring that tax benefits are achieved and assist clients in ensuring compliance with an alphabet-soup of benefits related laws and regulations including COBRA, HIPAA, and ACA/PPACA. And our expertise covers applicable ancillary laws, including federal securities laws (Form S-8 requirements, for example) and employment tax reporting and withholding.
Our benefits team members regularly review or prepare not just plan documents but vendor agreements and jargon-free employee facing communications. We provide fiduciary support and training to Boards, staff, and Plan Administrator committees and assist with Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor filings. And should things go awry, we provide representation for clients in IRS and DOL audits, and have extensive practical (and often creative) experience in helping employers utilize available correction programs issued by both agencies to correct a multitude of problems.
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