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Today's Federal Register. Kathy M. Kristoff has a good article via SunSpot.net on the IBM cash balance plan case which originally appeared in the LA Times: "Ruling casts doubt on pension change." The article reports that "dozens of corporate lobbyists…

Today’s Federal Register.

Kathy M. Kristoff has a good article via SunSpot.net on the IBM cash balance plan case which originally appeared in the LA Times: “Ruling casts doubt on pension change.” The article reports that “dozens of corporate lobbyists have descended on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to act on cash-balance legislation, potentially turning the tide for legislation.” You can access previous posts on the IBM case here.

Be Careful What You Wish For“: Seymour Burchman, Blair Jones and David Leach write an op-ed for Forbes.com which seeks to answer this question regarding reforms brought about SOX, the NYSE, and Nasdaq: “Will compensation committees be able to comply with the original objectives of the reforms, i.e., to strengthen the linkage to shareholder interests and to allow more shareholder influence over executive pay decisions?”

Kidney stones and the $78K loophole“: the Houston Chronicle provides this very interesting article about a HIPAA “loophole.”

Thanks to Benefitslink.com for this article by Linda Shashinka, Esq., for Near North on debit/credit cards for section 125 plans (the subject of previous posts here).

You can access some great adoption assistance forms at Thompson Publishing that were drafted by McDermott, Will & Emery.

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