About This Issue
The days grow shorter and the holidays approach. Nature has blessed us all with unique local weather. The regular season of college football comes to an end, the championship playoff games begin and some of our thoughts turn to basketball.
- Robert Rachal surveys the aftermath of the first district court decision upholding the fiduciary regulations in his article, "U.S. Department of Labor Wins Big in First Ruling on Its New Fiduciary Rule;"
- Anthony F. Shelley and Michael N. Khalil provide an update on the availability of alternative pleading under ERISA Sections 502(a)(1)(B) and (a)(3);
- The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel inducted its 2016 class of Fellows;
- We have a brief preview of the Midwinter Meeting;
- Message from New EBC Plaintiff Co-Chair Denise Clark;
- We also have Sarah Johnson's Restaurant Review for the Austin meeting for those inclined toward planning their culinary adventures ahead of time; and
- The
ever popular As we go to e-Press is on hiatus while those in Washington sort out the election and await a new Administration.
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