Taxation & Estate Planning

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

COBRA Continuation of Healthcare Coverage after Layoff
Pensions and Health Care Coverage for Dislocated Workers

ERISA Pension Benefits after Termination
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 3
Other Benefits

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Lehman Brothers
allegedly breached ERISA duties for employee savings plan participants.

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Mutual Funds
alleging financial companies breached ERISA act with employee 401k plan holders.

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Brown Greer et al.
alleging that the six law firms handling the Vioxx settlement failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.

Unclaimed $14 Million Settlement
Ohio Charities to Benefit