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    Court Finds Sun Funds Liable for Withdrawal Liability of Portfolio Company
    2016-03-31

    On remand by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal District Court of Massachusetts found Sun Capital Partners III, LP (“Sun Fund III”) and Sun Capital Partners IV, LP (“Sun Fund IV, and together with Sun Fund III, the “Sun Funds”) liable for the withdrawal liability of Scott Brass, Inc.

    Filed under:
    USA, Massachusetts, Corporate Finance/M&A, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Haynes and Boone LLP, Liability (financial accounting), Portfolio (finance), Sun Capital Partners
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Haynes and Boone LLP
    Teamsters Local Pension Fund Latest to Request Reduction in Vested Member Benefits
    2016-02-05

    Citing the threat of future insolvency, a New Jersey Teamsters Local Pension Fund has applied to the U.S. Treasury Department for permission to reduce by 40 percent the vested member benefits in the Fund.

    Filed under:
    USA, New Jersey, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Jackson Lewis PC, US Department of the Treasury
    Authors:
    Kimberly N. Dobson , Howard M. Bloom , Philip B. Rosen
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Jackson Lewis PC
    Bankruptcy CSI: did the CEO leave evidence of wrongdoing?
    2016-01-18

    When is there sufficient evidence to hold that a fiduciary’s debt to an ERISA benefit plan is non-dischargeable in bankruptcy?  The Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York recently held in In re Kern, Case No. 13-08096 (Dec.

    Filed under:
    USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs, Bankruptcy, Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 (USA), Fiduciary
    Authors:
    Peter R. Morrison
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Reportable event changes for pension plans effective January 1, 2016
    2015-12-01

    Effective January 1, 2016, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) altered the reportable event rules for defined benefit pension plans. Under new final regulations, the PBGC substantially reduced the reporting requirements for pension plan administrators, sponsors and contributing employers. In fact, the PBGC estimates that the final regulations will allow 82 percent of pension plans with more than 100 participants to utilize a reporting waiver. 

    Filed under:
    USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, McDermott Will & Emery, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
    Authors:
    Diane M. Morgenthaler
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    McDermott Will & Emery
    America’s public pension crisis: how Congress can address our $1.3 trillion (and growing) unfunded liability
    2015-11-02

    *This article was initially published in The Hill

    Filed under:
    USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, ArentFox Schiff
    Authors:
    David L. Dubrow , Carol Connor Cohen
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    ArentFox Schiff
    Central States Pension Fund submits ‘rescue plan’ seeking approval to reduce benefits
    2015-10-12

    On September 25, the Central States Pension Fund (one of the largest multiemployer/union pension funds in the country) submitted to the U.S. Department of Treasury a proposed “rescue plan,” which would allow the fund to reduce participant benefits in order to stave off the fund’s potential insolvency.

    Filed under:
    USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Franczek Radelet PC
    Authors:
    Sarah A. Kregor , Daniel R. Salemi
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Franczek Radelet PC
    Illinois Court rejects Chicago pension reform law
    2015-07-29

    Following the lead of the Illinois Supreme Court in In re Pension Reform Litigation, 2015 IL 118585 [see Illinois and New Jersey Pension Decisions: Implications for Bondholders], Judge Rita Novak of the Circuit Court of Cook County has ruled that an Illinois law modifying provisions of Chicago’s pension statute violated the Illinois Constitution.

    Filed under:
    USA, Illinois, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, ArentFox Schiff, Illinois Supreme Court
    Authors:
    David L. Dubrow
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    ArentFox Schiff
    Illinois and New Jersey pension decisions: implications for bondholders
    2015-07-08

    Two important and very different decisions regarding public pensions were recently issued by the Supreme Court of Illinois and the Supreme Court of New Jersey. These decisions are significant not only for the workers and taxpayers in these States, but also for the owners and insurers of municipal bonds issued in these States.

    ILLINOIS

    Filed under:
    USA, Illinois, New Jersey, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, ArentFox Schiff, Bond (finance), US Constitution, Supreme Court of the United States, Illinois Supreme Court
    Authors:
    David L. Dubrow
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    ArentFox Schiff
    FAQ: recent developments in US law affecting pension and OPEB claims in restructurings (2015)
    2015-06-15

    Latham & Watkins Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice June 15, 2015 | Number 1844 FAQ: Recent Developments in US Law Affecting Pension and OPEB Claims in Restructurings (2015)1 From theory to practice, planning to enforcement, the answers to 42 of the most frequently asked questions can help you prepare, cope, or respond to a restructuring. This Client Alert answers some of the most frequently asked questions with respect to the treatment of pension-plan liabilities and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) obligations in US bankruptcies.

    Filed under:
    USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Latham & Watkins LLP, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Court applies exclusion for claims involving receivership of a healthcare benefit plan
    2008-06-16

    The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, applying Florida law, has held that exclusions for claims involving the receivership of a healthcare benefit plan and claims involving Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWA) barred coverage for claims brought by a receiver of a healthcare benefit plan alleging that brokers sold coverage under a benefit plan that was a MEWA. White v. Cont'l Cas. Co., 2008 WL 2073905 (M.D. Fla. May 14, 2008).

    Filed under:
    USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Wiley Rein LLP, Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 (USA), Breach of contract, Health insurance, Marketing, Welfare, US District Court for Middle District of Florida
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Wiley Rein LLP

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