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  1. Proposed regs detail return information disclosure for #health care #insurance programs. bit.ly/tte4X
  2. Employer's failure to monitor revenue-sharing fees for its 401(k) plans was breach of fiduciary duty. bit.ly/tte4X
  3. Significant #pension and benefit changes included in Senate-passed surface transportation bill. bit.ly/tte4X
  4. Congress extends payroll tax cut. Legislation goes to Obama who is expected to sign it into law promptly.
  5. New guidance on providing summary of health plan benefits...http://bit.ly/tte4X
  6. $37 million in stock received on option exercise was taxable to father and deductible by family-owned company. bit.ly/tte4X
  7. EBSA issues interim rules for electronic disclosure under the participant-directed individual account plan regs t.co/l4Q0URm
  8. Some involuntarily terminated workers still eligible for COBRA subsidy despite general August 31 sunset bit.ly/tte4X
  9. Valuation tables in final regs reflect recent mortality data and broader range of interest rates bit.ly/tte4X
  10. Continental Airlines could not recover pension distributions paid to pilots' ex-spouses despite alleged "sham" divorces http://bit.ly/tte4X
  11. GAO report says virtually all waiver requests on health plan annual limits were granted http://bit.ly/tte4X
  12. EBSA extends applicability dates of regs on fiduciary-level and participant-level fee disclosure http://bit.ly/tte4X
  13. Class Prohibited Transaction Exemption 86-128's securities transaction exemption applies to investment advice fiduciaries http://bit.ly/...
  14. Sixth Circuit upholds constitutionality of health care law's individual mandate http://bit.ly/tte4X
  15. Departments amend health plan claims and review process requirements; compliance deadline extended http://bit.ly/tte4X
  16. PBGC finalizes regs on 2006 PPA substitution of bankruptcy filing date for plan termination date http://bit.ly/tte4X
  17. Supreme Court rejects district court's reformation of CIGNA's cash balance plan as a remedy in an ERISA benefits claim http://bit.ly/tte4X
  18. 401(k) plan fiduciaries may be liable for plan's insufficient investment returns and excessive plan expenses http://bit.ly/tte4X
  19. Final regs separate and reduce user fees for enrolled agents and enrolled retirement plan agents http://bit.ly/tte4X
  20. EBSA issues additional guidance under Affordable Care Act regulations for grandfathered plans http://bit.ly/tte4X