BNA Books Publishes 2010 Edition of 'ERISA Regulations'

Collects All Proposed and Final Regulations Affecting Employee Benefit Arrangements

ARLINGTON, Va., May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2010 Edition of ERISA Regulations.

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The 2010 Edition   brings together the full text of all proposed and final regulations on employee benefits through September 30, 2009. It includes all relevant regulations from the Department of Labor, the Treasury Department, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and other federal agencies, thereby easing the search for regulatory information needed by labor and tax attorneys, accountants, financial consultants, actuaries, and benefits specialists.

Developments covered in the 2010 Edition include updated regulations from:

Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration)

• Prohibition on discrimination based on genetic information
• Civil penalties under ERISA Section 502(c)(4)
• Fiduciary duties of employee benefit plans under ERISA Sections 403 and 404 regarding "economically targeted investments"

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

• Bankruptcy filing date as the plan termination date for certain purposes
• Annual financial and actuarial information reporting
• Methods for computing withdrawal liability and reallocation liability upon mass withdrawal
• Disclosure of termination information
• Rules for administrative review of agency decisions

Internal Revenue Service

• Required minimum distribution rules for governmental plans
• Employer comparable contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• IRA annuity conversions to Roth IRAs
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Section 409A application to nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements
• Employer-owned life insurance

Editor's Notes are included as a guide where more than one set of regulations may be applicable. In addition, this treatise gives you a complete list of regulations, as well as chapter-specific contents with each chapter. There is also a detailed key-word index that cross-references ERISA and Tax Code provisions in the BNA Books companion volume, ERISA: The Law and the Code.

The editors of ERISA Regulations, 2010 Edition, are Sharon F. Fountain, Esq., Managing Editor of Compensation Planning at Tax Management, Inc., a subsidiary of BNA, Arlington, VA, and Michael G. Kushner, Esq., an attorney with Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY, with more than 20 years' experience in ERISA and employee benefits matters.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to the 2010 Edition of ERISA Regulations, BNA's Book Division publishes Employee Benefits Law; ERISA Litigation; ERISA Class Exemptions; ERISA Fiduciary Law; ERISA: Related Statutes; Executive Compensation; Reductions in Force in Employment Law; ERISA: The Law and the Code; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to [email protected]. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

ERISA Regulations, 2010 Edition (2,440 pp. Softcover/ISBN 978-1-57018-854-1/Order #1854-PR10/$220.00 plus tax, shipping and handling) may be purchased from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. A 10 percent discount is available when ordering from the BNA Books website (Please note that discounts cannot be combined).

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