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The Civil Partnership Bill 2009 and the implications for pension schemes

  • LK Shields
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • September 30 2009

The Civil Partnership Bill 2009 was introduced in June 2009 as part of the Programme for Government in consequence of the Colley options paper on domestic partnership (November 2006) and the Law Reform Commission report on the rights and duties of cohabitants (December 2006

California same-sex marriage ruling: employee benefit plan implications

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2008

California has become the second state (behind Massachusetts) to allow full marriage rights for same-sex partners

Pennsylvania court holds ERISA preempts Pennsylvania law revoking ex-spouse’s benefits

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2008

On May 9, 2008, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in a 2-1 decision, ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) preempts a Pennsylvania law that mandates the revocation of beneficiary designations upon divorce

Who is your beneficiary?

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2009

It is standard practice for most divorce practitioners to notify their clients to update their estate plans and change the beneficiaries of life insurance policies and retirement accounts following a divorce - and for good reason

Divorce - future pension not taken into account

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 21 2009

A recent, bitterly contested 'big money' divorce case shows how reluctant the courts are to upset financial settlements on the basis of contingencies and reinforces the point that bad behaviour is not a basis for changing the division of the assets

Restrictive retirement agreements on right to practice law narrowly permitted

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 3 2009

As the population of the United States is aging, so are its lawyers

Law firm settles with NY AG in “pay to play” investigation

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 13 2010

New York AG Andrew Cuomo continues to obtain significant settlements in his "pay to play" investigation regarding New York pension funds

PPF compensation sharing on divorce

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 6 2011

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published two sets of regulations intended to address issues concerning Pension Protection Fund (PPF) sharing when a person seeks a divorce, dissolution of their civil partnership or an annulment of their marriage or civil partnership

The Ninth Circuit holds that an IRA's named beneficiaries, rather than the decedent’s wife, were entitled to the IRA funds after his death, even though some of the funds in the IRA had been rolled over from a 401(k) plan

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 10 2010

The Ninth Circuit held that the named beneficiaries of an IRA, rather than the IRA owner's wife, were entitled to the IRA funds after his death, even though some of the funds in the IRA had been rolled over from a 401(k) plan subject to ERISA's surviving spouse provisions

2010 new law: employers must recognize out-of-state marriages

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2009

Senate Bill 54, which will be effective on January 1, 2010, requires California to recognize and validate same-sex marriages performed out of state before November 5, 2008

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