E-Alerts
Employee Benefit Plan Year-End Considerations
December 7th, 2022
We hope that this email finds all of our clients and friends enjoying the holiday season. We realize that you get bombarded with “updates” and “breaking news” regularl…
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Categories: Legal Update
Employee Benefit Plan Amendments/Disclosures Required This Year
May 5th, 2022
Sponsors of employee benefit plans should be aware of several rapidly approaching deadlines that require immediate action. As noted below, we request that you reach out to us…
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Categories: Legal Update
New Addition to S&D and Recent Health and Welfare Settlement Further Demonstrates Need for Compliance
April 4th, 2022
We wanted to alert you to a recent addition we have made at Smith & Downey in order to continue to provide best-in-class legal support to the wonderful clients we serve. A…
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Categories: Legal Update
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling May Cause More Fiduciary Lawsuits
January 26th, 2022
On Monday, January 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion (Hughes v. Northwestern University) on issues implicated by the avalanche of lawsuits over th…
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Categories: Uncategorized
Early 2022 To-do: Employer Fiduciary Responsibilities for Health & Welfare Plans
January 5th, 2022
New rules apply to health plan service provider compensation in 2022 that employers must know and be equipped to manage. This e-alert provides employers with background on the…
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Categories: Uncategorized
S&D Webinar: COVID-19 and the Workplace — Updated Agenda
November 5th, 2021
On Monday, Smith & Downey announced an upcoming webinar focusing on workplace accommodations and other COVID-19 related issues. Since that announcement, the Occupational S…
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Categories: Events
S&D Webinar – COVID-19 and the Workplace
November 5th, 2021
As employers continue to operate under the shadow of what seems like a never-ending a pandemic, the legal challenges associated with COVID-19 have become increasingly complex.…
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Categories: Events
Upcoming COVID-19 and the Workplace: How to Navigate an Evolving Landscape
August 4th, 2021
During the early part of summer, as COVID-19 was subsiding, a large number of employers across the country began to accelerate plans to fully reopen their offices, with many t…
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Categories: Uncategorized
Upcoming Smith & Downey Employment Law Webinar
May 18th, 2021
If there is one thing that we have learned from COVID-19, it is that a pandemic can keep workers out of the workplace, but it can’t keep employers out of court with workplac…
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Categories: Events
Upcoming Seminar: The Intersection Between COVID-19 Vaccines and Employment Law
December 18th, 2020
On December 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its ongoing COVID-19 technical assistance guidance with nine (9) new questions-and-answers dealing sp…
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Categories: Events