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Unprecedented Private Equity Funds ERISA Decision Is Reversed
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Department of Labor Proposes Update to FLSA Regulations Governing the Regular Rate of Pay
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Who’s Covered and What’s Grandfathered? A Look at the New 162(m) Guidance
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Prior Salary in Employment Decisions: California Changes and Attempts to Clarify Recent Salary ...
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Paul Hastings Practices and Lawyers Score Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2018
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No Corporate Tax Deduction for Sexual Harassment or Sexual Abuse Settlements?
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Heads-Up: Proposed Tax Law Would Doom Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (Including Stock Options ...
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New York City’s Salary History Ban Going into Effect October 31: What Employers Need to Know
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EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Tool: Still Alive and Well with a Deadline of March 31, 2018 for First ...
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Paul Hastings Practices and Lawyers Score Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2017
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The New York State Industrial Appeals Board Invalidates Controversial Regulations Governing ...
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IRS Finalizes Regulations Eliminating Requirement to File §83(b) Election with Tax Return
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EEOC Issues Final ADA and GINA Wellness Program Regulations
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You Can Bank On Your Incentive Pay - Eventually: Proposed Regulations Would Require Sweeping Changes
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Unprecedented Private Equity Court Decision Collapses Related Funds Triggering Their ERISA ...
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Equity Aids the Vigilant: The Supreme Court's Montanile Decision And Its Lessons for ERISA Plans' ...
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East Coast, West Coast - The Landscape for Gender Pay Equity Claims Is Shifting
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SEC Finalizes “Flexible” Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act: Companies Have ...
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Paul Hastings Lands Top Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2015
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Supreme Court Approves Application of Continuing Breach Theory in 401(k) Excessive Fee Case
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Pay Versus Performance: SEC Proposal Will Keep Executive Compensation Hot
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EEOC Reverses Course in Proposed Wellness Program Regulations
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The SEC’s Proposed Disclosure Rules for Hedging Transactions by Directors, Officers, and Employees
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OFCCP Issues Anticipated Notice of Proposed Rules Revising the Sex Discrimination Guidelines
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Department of Labor Issues Proposed Amendment to Section 408(b)(2) Regulations
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Final Affordable Care Act Employer Play or Pay Mandate Regulations Largely Preserve Status Quo
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Agencies Issue Affordable Care Act Guidance Making It Unlawful For Employers to Pay for an ...
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IRS and Treasury Apply ''State of Celebration'' Rule for Same-Sex Marriage
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Private Equity ERISA Alert: Consider ERISA Pension Liability Risks from Portfolio Plans
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Pay or Play Delayed Until 2015
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DOMA's Demise Requires Immediate Benefit Plan Action
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What Private Equity Managers Need to Know to Limit Their ERISA Obligations for Portfolio Company ...
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Paul Hastings Extensive Practice Strength Highlighted in The Legal 500 United States 2013
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Employer Wellness Programs - Final Rules Under The Affordable Care Act
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Paul Hastings Employment Practice Honored with Chambers ''Award for Excellence'' and Firms Leading ...
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Supreme Court Declares That Plan Terms Trump Equity (McCutchen v. U.S. Airways)
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NYSE and NASDAQ Issue FINAL Listing Rule Changes for Compensation Committees and Compensation ...
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ERISA Risk Management and Action Items for Last Quarter of 2012: Disclosure-Driven Challenges
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Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of Affordable Care Acts Individual Mandate: ...
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Lawmakers Defending Password-Protected Employee Accounts: Employers Need to Proceed Smartly
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Latest Insights, News, and Events

Unprecedented Private Equity Funds ERISA Decision Is Reversed
More Insights >
Department of Labor Proposes Update to FLSA Regulations Governing the Regular Rate of Pay
More Insights >
Who’s Covered and What’s Grandfathered? A Look at the New 162(m) Guidance
More Insights >
Prior Salary in Employment Decisions: California Changes and Attempts to Clarify Recent Salary ...
More Insights >
Paul Hastings Practices and Lawyers Score Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2018
More News >
No Corporate Tax Deduction for Sexual Harassment or Sexual Abuse Settlements?
More Insights >
Heads-Up: Proposed Tax Law Would Doom Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (Including Stock Options ...
More Insights >
New York City’s Salary History Ban Going into Effect October 31: What Employers Need to Know
More Insights >
EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Tool: Still Alive and Well with a Deadline of March 31, 2018 for First ...
More Insights >
Paul Hastings Practices and Lawyers Score Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2017
More News >
The New York State Industrial Appeals Board Invalidates Controversial Regulations Governing ...
More Insights >
IRS Finalizes Regulations Eliminating Requirement to File §83(b) Election with Tax Return
More Insights >
EEOC Issues Final ADA and GINA Wellness Program Regulations
More Insights >
You Can Bank On Your Incentive Pay - Eventually: Proposed Regulations Would Require Sweeping Changes
More Insights >
Unprecedented Private Equity Court Decision Collapses Related Funds Triggering Their ERISA ...
More Insights >
Equity Aids the Vigilant: The Supreme Court's Montanile Decision And Its Lessons for ERISA Plans' ...
More Insights >
East Coast, West Coast - The Landscape for Gender Pay Equity Claims Is Shifting
More Insights >
SEC Finalizes “Flexible” Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act: Companies Have ...
More Insights >
Paul Hastings Lands Top Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2015
More News >
Supreme Court Approves Application of Continuing Breach Theory in 401(k) Excessive Fee Case
More Insights >
Pay Versus Performance: SEC Proposal Will Keep Executive Compensation Hot
More Insights >
EEOC Reverses Course in Proposed Wellness Program Regulations
More Insights >
The SEC’s Proposed Disclosure Rules for Hedging Transactions by Directors, Officers, and Employees
More Insights >
OFCCP Issues Anticipated Notice of Proposed Rules Revising the Sex Discrimination Guidelines
More Insights >
Department of Labor Issues Proposed Amendment to Section 408(b)(2) Regulations
More Insights >
Final Affordable Care Act Employer Play or Pay Mandate Regulations Largely Preserve Status Quo
More Insights >
Agencies Issue Affordable Care Act Guidance Making It Unlawful For Employers to Pay for an ...
More Insights >
IRS and Treasury Apply ''State of Celebration'' Rule for Same-Sex Marriage
More Insights >
Private Equity ERISA Alert: Consider ERISA Pension Liability Risks from Portfolio Plans
More Insights >
Pay or Play Delayed Until 2015
More Insights >
DOMA's Demise Requires Immediate Benefit Plan Action
More Insights >
What Private Equity Managers Need to Know to Limit Their ERISA Obligations for Portfolio Company ...
More Insights >
Paul Hastings Extensive Practice Strength Highlighted in The Legal 500 United States 2013
More News >
Employer Wellness Programs - Final Rules Under The Affordable Care Act
More Insights >
Paul Hastings Employment Practice Honored with Chambers ''Award for Excellence'' and Firms Leading ...
More News >
Supreme Court Declares That Plan Terms Trump Equity (McCutchen v. U.S. Airways)
More Insights >
NYSE and NASDAQ Issue FINAL Listing Rule Changes for Compensation Committees and Compensation ...
More Insights >
ERISA Risk Management and Action Items for Last Quarter of 2012: Disclosure-Driven Challenges
More Insights >
Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of Affordable Care Acts Individual Mandate: ...
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Lawmakers Defending Password-Protected Employee Accounts: Employers Need to Proceed Smartly
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Client Successes

Advised AIG, Credit Suisse, and several other major financial services companies, bailed out by the U.S. government, on the payment of highly controversial bonuses, and the provision of TARP-compliant performance-based pay with sophisticated clawback safeguards

Serve The Economist as its principal benefits counsel, advising on a range of issues, from serving as fiduciary counsel to its 401(k) committee to restructuring the company’s governance

Represented Dun & Bradstreet in a wide-ranging ERISA class action that arose from the sale of its receivables business

Strategic Advice on All Aspects of Employee Benefits

We handle a sophisticated range of matters encompassing benefits plan design and operation, executive compensation, institutional investment and fiduciary responsibility, reductions in force, and ERISA litigation. Our commitment to providing unique value to our clients includes real-time alerts about the latest legal developments delivered on our ERISA blog.

A Unique Global Compensation, Benefits, and ERISA Practice

  • We represent major employers with respect to the design and operation of all types of benefit plans, including specialized programs such as retiree health benefits.
  • As one of the nation’s premier institutional investment practices, we advise a wide range of clients on issues such as investment fund structuring, fiduciary responsibility, “operating company” status under ERISA, and interaction of ERISA with other laws, as well as audits and investigations.
  • We handle the most complex benefit litigation matters, focusing on class action defense, including about 100 reported decisions.
  • Our lawyers help companies plan, implement, and defend downsizing programs, and regularly devise innovative strategies for complying with the WARN Act.
  • We support our colleagues in the firm’s Corporate practices, handling the employment and employee benefits aspects of M&A, outsourcing, and real estate transactions.

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