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    In-Person Meeting

    Fiduciary Institute

    Held on November 6, 2017

    Program Material

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    Audio File Introduction

    Faculty and Author Biographies

    Registration List (Final 11/6/2017)

    Session A: INTRODUCTION TO FIDUCIARY GOVERNANCE

    Good Governance as ERISA Fiduciary Prudence(PowerPoint Presentation) by Peter M. Kelly, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

    Audio File Session A

    Session B: UPDATE AND TRENDS IN FIDUCIARY CASES

    Updates and Trends in Fiduciary Cases (PowerPoint Presentation) by Joni L. Andrioff, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Sara Pikofsky, Jones Day, Eric G. Serron, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and Michael A. Wolff, Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP

    Audio File Session B

    Session C: INVESTMENTS PART 1

    Investments – Part 1 (PowerPoint Presentation) by Frank Palmieri, Palmieri & Eisenberg, Peter Kelly, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, David Levine, Groom Law Group, Chartered, and Allison Wielobob, Eversheds Sutherland

    Audio File Session C

    Session D: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN 401(k) PLANS INVESTMENTS

    Special Considerations in 401(k) Investments(PowerPoint Presentation) by David A. Cohen, Newport Trust Company, J. Matthew Calloway, Wells Fargo Law Department, Marie Swartzwelder, Newport Group, and Michael Wolff, Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP

    Audio File Session D

    Session E: IMPORTANCE OF VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS TO ENSURE REASONABLE FEES AND SERVICES FOR SECTION 401(k) RECORDKEEPING, ACTUARIAL AND INVESTMENT ADVISORS

    Vendor Arrangements (PowerPoint Presentation) by Frank Palmieri, Palmieri & Eisenberg, David Levine, The Groom Law Group, John McGlynn, Charles Schwab & Company, and Jania Stout, Fiduciary Plan Advisors/HighTower

    Audio File Session E

    Session F: BENEFIT CLAIMS

    Benefit Claims (PowerPoint Presentation) by Emily Seymour Costin, Alston & Bird LLP, Peter M. Kelly, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Martina B. Sherman, DeBofsky, Sherman & Casciari, P.C.

    Benefit Claims by Martina B. Sherman, DeBofsky, Sherman & Casciari, P.C.

    Can You Keep A Secret? Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Doctrine in the ERISA/FiduciaryContext by H. Douglas Hinson and Emily Seymour Costin, Alston & Bird LLP. Reproduced with permission from Benefit Practitioners' Strategy Guide, BPRC,10/20/2016. Copyright © 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com

    Audio File Session F

    Session G: FIDUCIARY RULE

    The Fiduciary Rule (PowerPoint Presentation) by Joni L. Andrioff, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Micah Hauptman, Consumer Federation of America, and Erin M. Sweeney, Miller & Chevalier Chartered

    Audio File Session G

    Session H: ENFORCEMENT

    DOL Enforcement (PowerPoint Presentation) by David A. Cohen, Newport Trust Company, George Sepsakos, Groom Law Group, Chartered, and Erin M. Sweeney, Miller & Chevalier Chartered

    Audio File Session H