Pension, Profit-Sharing, Welfare, and Other Compensation Plans
Why Attend?
Two and a half days of intensive analysis provide the breadth and depth you need on advanced employee benefits issues!
Are you current on all the new health care reform-related legislation and guidance? An expert faculty of government representatives and private practitioners, including a non-lawyer, get you up-to-date with the latest developments.
What important employee benefit decisions came out of the courts in 2010? A two-part presentation, accompanied by a nearly 200 page outline, provide a valuable summary and an excellent desk reference.
Are you familiar with the final regulations on diversification requirements for defined contribution plans holding publicly traded employer securities? Learn about this and other employer stock issues in qualified plans.
Although the economy is slowly turning around, plan terminations continue to be a hot issue. Can you answer your client or company’s questions on missing participants, abandoned plans, bankrupt sponsors, and partial terminations?
If you don’t know the answers to these questions, you need to attend this course!
What You Will Learn
Top private practitioners, other benefits specialists, and current and former government speakers provide their insights on pension, profit-sharing, welfare, and other compensation plans, including recent developments in litigation, legislation, and federal regulations, enforcement, and guidance. They are available to answer your most pressing questions throughout the program. The discussions throughout the course are transactional, going beyond a mere explanation of the law to deal with “how to do it” as well.
In addition to the above, other topics include:
Ethical issues in employee benefits practice
Plan fees
The latest in executive compensation
PBGC reporting, monitoring, and enforcement
Roth rollovers
401(k)s and defined contribution issues
Unusual QDRO issues
Defined benefit plans
EPCRS
Issues specific to small plans
Planning Chairs
Pamela Baker, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago
William F. Sweetnam, Jr., Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; former Benefits Tax Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury (also on faculty)
Faculty
Harold J. Ashner, Keightley & Ashner LLP, Washington, D.C.
Gregory C. Braden, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.
Gregory K. Brown, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago
Christopher E. Condeluci, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; former Tax and Benefits Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
T. David Cowart, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Dallas
Jenny Eller, Groom Law Group, Washington, D.C.
Thomas C. Farnam, The Farnam Law Firm, St. Louis
David R. Godofsky, F.S.A., Alston + Bird LLP, Washington, D.C.
Daniel L. Hogans, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.
Frank Palmieri, Palmieri & Eisenberg, Princeton, New Jersey
Pamela D. Perdue, Summers Compton Wells P.C., St. Louis
Peter J. Stein, Vice President of Congressional Affairs, National Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Virginia
John L. Utz, Utz Miller & Eickman LLC, Overland Park, Kansas
Program Schedule
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010
7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 a.m. Administrative Remarks - ALI-ABA Staff
WEBCAST SEGMENT A
8:25 a.m. Introductory Remarks - Planning Chairs
8:30 a.m. What's New in Employee Benefits Litigation - Part I - Mr. Braden
9:15 a.m. Roth Rollovers - Ms. Perdue
10:00 a.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. Plan Terminations - Mr. Ashner
Standard, distress, and involuntary terminations, bankruptcy claims and disputes, and more
11:00 a.m. Employer Stock Issues in Qualified Plans - Mr. Brown
ESOP, diversification, 404(c), indicia of ownership, foreign stock, and more
11:45 a.m. Plan Fees - Ms. Eller
What we have learned from case law and regulations (if out), including practical advice on plan administration
12:30 p.m. Question and Answers
12:45 p.m. Lunch Break
WEBCAST SEGMENT B
2:00 p.m. What's New in Employee Benefits Litigation - Part II - Mr. Braden
2:45 p.m. PBGC Reporting, Monitoring, and Enforcement - Mr. Ashner
Reportable events, "Early Warning Program" negotiations, pursuit of "downsizing liability," and more
3:30 p.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m. Provisions in Financial Service Legislation Impacting Plan Investments - Ms. Eller
4:45 p.m. Questions and Answers
5:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day; Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Networking Session
WEBCAST SEGMENT C
8:30 a.m. 401(k) Overview and Defined Contribution Issues - Mr. Utz
9:30 a.m. Unusual QDRO Issues - Ms. Perdue
10:15 a.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. Issues for Small Plans, Including Off-Cycle Amendments and Pre-Approved Plans - Mr. Farnam
11:15 a.m. Issues in Executive Compensation - Mr. Hogans
New legislation and other changes - who does it affect and what are the implication going forward
12:00 noon Questions and Answers
12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
WEBCAST SEGMENT D
1:45 p.m. Ethical Issues in Employee Benefits Practice - Mr. Utz
2:45 p.m. Defined Benefit Plans - Messrs. Cowart and Godofsky
Cash balance plans, funding relief, DBK plans, new guidance (if out)
3:45 p.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
4:00 p.m. Self-Correcting Under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) - Mr. Cowart and a representative from the IRS to be confirmed
5:00 p.m. Questions and Answers
5:15 p.m. Adjournment for the Day
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Networking Session
WEBCAST SEGMENT E
8:30 a.m. Health Care Reform (a 15 min. break will take place about halfway through)
Government Perspectives - Mr. Condeluci
Practitioner Roundtable - Messrs. Cowart, Palmieri, and Sweetnam
Changes in the Market from a Non-Lawyer Perspective - Mr. Stein
11:45 a.m. Questions and Answers
12:00 p.m. Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 17, including one hour of ethics (as accepted by most, but not all, jurisdictions)
Suggested Prerequisite: Substantial experience in legal practice in subject matter
Educational Objective: Development of proficiency in performance of intricate and complex legal tasks within a narrow area
Level of Instruction: Advanced
Here's what registrants have said about this course:
“This program is always excellent. The sessions are all timely, covering the current law and law that will soon become effective. This is the best annual ERISA course offered. It helps all attendees to protect their clients. The ERISA area of law can be a minefield. ALI-ABA helps practitioners to avoid unpleasant results.” – John Almquist, IRS“Topics were well done this year. Very much appreciated.”
“Sessions were well-chosen. Usually there are several I choose to avoid, [but] all of these were relevant.”
“This course continues to deliver timely and useful information at a high level of competence for the practitioner.” – Michael K. Levy, Retirement Planning Co.
“I have been attending this seminar for 25 years and it continues to provide a high level update on pension and benefits issues. Great job!” – Richard A. Naegele, Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co.
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