All Articles tagged pension

• New York Appeals
  January 01, 2014 EDT
  CURBING THE INCENTIVE FOR PENSION PADDING: CORRECTING THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION MISMATCH
  Jacob N. Elghanayan

  This article proposes an alternative to New York's attempted pension reform that would assess employer contributions on the same final three years‘ salary that is used for pension benefits.

• General
  January 01, 2012 EDT
  DECONSTRUCTING PENSION COMMITTEE: THE EVOLVING RULES OF EVIDENCE SPOLIATION AND SANCTIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY ERA
  Michael W. Deyo

  This article reviews Judge Scheindlin‘s seminal e-discovery opinion in Pension Committee, and analyzes the subsequent treatment of a few notable aspects of her ruling.

• General
  January 01, 2012 EDT
  ERISA FAILURES AND THE EROSION OF WORKERS‘ RIGHTS: THE URGENT NEED TO PROTECT PRIVATE & PUBLIC WORKERS‘ PENSIONS AND BENEFITS
  James P. Allen Jr.Richard A. Bales

  This article provides a broad overview of the crisis facing the pension and benefits system in the United States and offers some possible solutions.

• General
  January 01, 2010 EDT
  TO (B) OR NOT TO (B): IS THAT THE QUESTION? TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHIZOID PLANS UNDER SECTION 403(B) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
  David Pratt

  This article discusses reform proposals, and whether retention of section 403(b) plans can be justified on policy (as opposed to historical) grounds.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2009 EDT
  THE NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER AS SOLE TRUSTEE OF THE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND: A CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE?
  Andria L. Bentley

  This comment discusses the history of the New York State Constitution’s nonimpairment clause and addresses whether it dictates the State Comptroller’s role as sole trustee of the CRF.