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The Internal Revenue Service set March 31, 2020 as the last date of the remedial amendment period for tax-exempt organizations and public school systems to self-correct plan document defects in their Section 403(b) plans....By: Locke Lord LLP

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, litigation & enforcement partners Amy Roy and Dan Ward, and ERISA and benefits partner Josh Lichtenstein, discuss 401(k) litigation risk assessment and management. They review current trends in proprietary funds...By: Ropes & Gray LLP

It is fairly easy for a plaintiff to get conditional certification in a FLSA class action case, but that is not the end of the story. The next step, much harder, is fending off the defendant’s anticipated motion to stop the class from receiving final...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

March 31, 2020 is the deadline for retroactively correcting most 403(b) plan document defects that occurred on or after January 1, 2010. These defects can be corrected by amending an individually-designed 403(b) plan or by adopting a pre-approved...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Is an insured (or putative insured) entitled to recover its legal expenses if it is successful in coverage litigation? In some states, no. In many other states, yes – based on either a statute or common law. In New York State, in Mighty Midgets,...By: White and Williams LLP

Employers began to rethink how they obtain authorization and retrieve background and credit checks for new employees after the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores, LLC, 913 F.3d 1169, 1177 (9th Cir. 2019), as we’ve...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

One of the essential factors for plaintiffs in discrimination cases can be showing that they were treated differently than a similarly situated co-worker — the inference being that they were treated differently because of their age, sex or race (or...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Dear Legal Mailbag: I was appointed this fall to serve as an assistant principal at a new school. Each school has its customs and traditions, and my new school is no exception. I was particularly surprised, however, to see that the teachers here...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed numerous pro-employee bills into law that will impact all Golden State employers starting January 1, 2020. For now, preparation and compliance planning are essential. Employers will be subject to many new...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law affords stockholders a qualified right to inspect a corporation's books and records. A Section 220 inspection is a powerful stockholder right, and indeed, the Delaware Supreme Court has repeatedly...By: White and Williams LLP