Employee Benefits Regulatory Compliance & Fiduciary Issues

Our lawyers have experience in the area of regulatory compliance and provide the following services:

• Advising on qualified and nonqualified pension and welfare plan compliance matters
• Performing compliance reviews on our clients’ employee benefits plans and internal benefit and compensation practices and procedures to determine compliance with the Internal Revenue Code (IRS), ERISA and the HIPAA portability, privacy, security, and electronic data interchange rules
• Representing our clients before various governmental entities in connection with examinations and audits, Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) matters, prohibited transaction exemptions, Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) matters, minimum funding waivers, requests for determination letters, and private letter rulings
• Advising on investment policies and ERISA fiduciary issues associated with the investment of plan assets and determination of plan benefit