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Recent case highlights split of authority on whether corporate agreements can amend employee benefit plans
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- May 15 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that a paragraph in an asset purchase agreement qualified as an amendment to an employee benefit plan, highlighting a split between circuits of the U.S. Courts of Appeal
Third Circuit holds that a portion of post-petition withdrawal liability in bankruptcy is entitled to priority over general unsecured claims
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- October 3 2011
Recently, the Third Circuit held that withdrawal liability triggered after a bankruptcy filing date may be apportioned to pre- and post-petition service for the debtor, and that the withdrawal liability attributable to post-petition service may be entitled to priority over general unsecured claims under the Bankruptcy Code
Second Circuit reverses bankruptcy court’s decision on PGBC termination premiums
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- April 16 2009
Companies that terminate pension plans before filing for bankruptcy may no longer escape paying significant claims to the PBGC
