Monthly Archives: April 2018

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

When the great Bill Parcells was the head coach of the New England Patriots, he got into a tiff with owner Robert Kraft because Parcells wanted more of a say in the personnel decision-making process. Parcells famously said: “They want … Continue reading →

A friend of mine called me up a few weeks back and was telling me a story how he had a debate with Jeff Richie from Vantage Benefits at a conference a few years back. Richie claimed he had some … Continue reading →

I used to love paper until I had a 5-foot flood in the downstairs of my home during Hurricane Sandy. When you have a file cabinet with files sitting outside your house with files that you hope dry over 6 … Continue reading →

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

I don’t pull any punches, so I have certainly written many articles about plan providers issuing something called a fiduciary warranty, that is free and doesn’t protect the plan sponsor from almost any liability because plan sponsors never get sued for … Continue reading →

My great Uncle Jack was the youngest of 4 children. He followed Herschel, Zoltan, and my grandmother Rozalia. He was a troublemaker when he was a kid. One time, he gambled away the family’s ration coupons and my grandmother had … Continue reading →

It’s one of the greatest lines in a movie and even my 11-year-old daughter knows it. Harrison Ford playing Richard Kimble finds the gun that Federal Marshal Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones dropped in The Fugitive. Gerard’s job … Continue reading →

Who can forget Alec Baldwin’s speech in Glengarry Glenn Ross on how salesmen should “Always Be Closing” and how coffee is for closers only? It was the highpoint of a great movie. I’m not going to go through a discussion … Continue reading →

The company that told us we can do home improvement by ourselves might not have been able to properly run their 401(k) plan. Home Depot is now the target of a $140 million class-action lawsuit that was filed in the … Continue reading →