The SEC has taken enforcement actions against employers for language in their employment agreements that did not provide whistleblower protections. GQG Partners, a Florida based investment adviser was fined $500,000.
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Cohen & Buckmann P.C. Co-Founder and Managing Partner Sandra Cohen has been named to the Top 50: 2024 Women New York-Metro Super Lawyers list.
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RMDs generally were established to ensure that individuals begin withdrawing funds from their retirement plans, like 401(k)s, and IRAs, at a specific age. This policy helps the government collect taxes on these savings, which were initially tax-deferred. With people living longer, the age for RMDs was recently pushed back, giving your savings more time to grow before you dip in.
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Lawdragon has once again named Cohen & Buckmann P.C.'s managing and founding partner Sandra W. Cohen and founding partner Carol I. Buckmann to its 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers guide.
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Cohen & Buckmann founding partner Carol I. Buckmann and partner Gretchen Harders will provide guidance to fiduciaries who manage ERISA-covered plans and their legal advisers in an Oct. 8 webinar for the American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.
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Cohen & Buckmann founding partner Carol I. Buckmann is set to moderate an upcoming webinar on ERISA’s 50th anniversary, hosted by the Worldwide Employee Benefits (WEB) Network and co-sponsored by Cohen & Buckmann.
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After a federal court ruled that the proposed non-compete ban should not go into effect, employers are no longer facing a September 4 deadline for action. But that does not mean they should go back to business as usual in employment practices.
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The 2025 Best Lawyers rankings include five Cohen & Buckmann attorneys, recognized for their work in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law in New York.
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On September 5, Carol Buckmann and Gretchen Harders will speak at a Strafford CLE webinar with interactive Q&A that will address the importance of appropriate and effective investment committee governance.
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Lawsuits brought on behalf of anti-ESG activists have been dismissed, demonstrating that politically-motivated lawsuits may face obstacles.
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The Supreme Court’s recent decision ending deference to administrative agency interpretations of the law doesn’t mention ERISA, but it will have a big impact on employee benefit plans.
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The end of Chevron deference will make it difficult to tell which regulations are binding.
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Prepare for even more uncertainty about the status of ERISA regulations.
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We are proud to have been a part of Worldwide Employee Benefits Network (WEB) celebration on the monumental 50th anniversary of ERISA! From its enactment in 1974 to the recent key provisions of SECURE 2.0 signed into law in 2022, employee benefits law has been on a transformative journey.
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Happy 50th Birthday, ERISA!. When ERISA was enactedin 1974, it provided new federal protections for plan participants. These protections have increased over the years, and spouses have gained greater rights. There have also been changes not foreseen by ERISA’s drafters such as the decline of single employer defined benefit plans. Though much progress has been made, this is also an appropriate time to consider where ERISA has fallen short.
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