Category Archives: Retirement Plans

Social media is an interesting dynamic, both in the positive and the negative. Thanks to social media, I’ve gone from an unknown associate attorney to a well, known national ERISA attorney. One of the drawbacks I find in social media … Continue reading →

I have comes across quite a few third party administration (TPA) firms over the years and 95% of them are pretty good. Even if they make mistakes, they’ll own up to them and they happen to make a few mistakes. … Continue reading →

The landscape for the retirement plan business has radically changed since when I first started in 1998. Normal courses of business such as revenue sharing and non-transparency of fees were the order of the day. No one cared when the … Continue reading →

So often when dealing with retirement plan providers, a plan sponsor may discover that one of their plan providers had a change of plans and decided to do what’s better for themselves than what was in the client’s interest. We’re … Continue reading →

My newsletter geared towards retirement plan professionals can be found here.

The best selling beer in the United States is Bud Light. Does that make it the best? If given the choice of drinking Bud Light and not drinking beer, I’ll pick not drinking beer. There are probably a thousand beers … Continue reading →

Maybe I’m like Larry David, but I have a lot of pet peeves. I hate when people whistle or sing in public. I hate when people talk on their cell phone in line. I also don’t deal well with working … Continue reading →

President Trump signed an executive order last week in Charlotte which directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Treasury to promulgate regulations that will allow association plans, which are probably a vague notation to Open Multiple Employer Plans … Continue reading →

My latest article on JDSupra.com can be found here.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a private letter ruling which allowed an unnamed employer (some say it’s pharmaceutical giant Abbott) to make 401(k) contributions to participants who are repaying their student loans. In a nutshell, the IRS approved the … Continue reading →