Ask Amy: Wife’s text-flirting compels husband to spy
Dear Amy: My wife and I have been married for 15 years. About four years ago I was suspicious of her relationship with a former co-worker and “friend,” whom she had grown very close to.
Super Bowl hero John Riggins now fighting to get more money for older NFL retirees
It has been nearly 36 years since John Riggins produced one of the greatest clutch runs in football history with a 43-yard touchdown rumble on fourth and inches against Miami – kids, check out that stiff-arm on YouTube! — that propelled Washington to victory in Super Bowl XVII.
Retiree Groups Back Northwestern ERISA Suit In 7th Circ.
A group of current and former Northwestern University workers got an assist in their Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit against the school from advocacy groups that urged the Seventh Circuit to revive the workers’ case claiming their retirement savings were mismanaged.
Bipartisan bill looks to help struggling multiemployer plans
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a longtime proponent of increasing retirement savings, introduced his first bill of the new congressional session Wednesday that focuses on aiding multiemployer pension plans.
Butch Lewis Act approved in the House Education & Labor Committee
By Emily Gilbert On Tuesday, Karen Friedman, Katie Jonckheer (our new summer intern), and I were on Capitol Hill for a markup in the Education & Labor Committee in the House of Representatives. In a markup, a congressional committee votes on whether to approve proposed legislation. On Tuesday the Committee discussed three different bills, one […]
New tactics being deployed in challenging church plans
Participants in pension plans exempt from federal regulation due to their church plan status are forging ahead with legal and legislative challenges and some new tactics, despite a 2017 Supreme Court decision that did not go their way.
Learn How to Invest Wisely for (and in) Retirement
By Emily Spreiser The Pension Rights Center’s legal program responds to hundreds of inquiries from individuals who need an attorney’s help understanding or obtaining an earned retirement benefit. In fact, in 2018 we received almost two thousand help requests from individuals online or over the phone. And our public education materials provide helpful information to […]
New Jersey hospital pensioners sue Newark Archdiocese
Former employees of Saint James Hospital filed a lawsuit on May 7 in the Superior Court of Essex County New Jersey alleging that the Archdiocese of Newark has wrongly denied them at least $2.7 million in lifetime pension benefits. The retirees’ complaint alleges that their pensions were payable for life and fully protected by federal […]
Campaigns should make pensions a priority
By Karen Friedman If candidates are smart, saving pensions should be part of their every conversation with voters. Specifically, there should be a dialogue in both parties about how to solve the multiemployer crisis. Time is running out on many of these severely underfunded multiemployer pension plans and policymakers can’t dilly dally any longer. It’s […]
Are you a QDRO attorney? Join our network!
By Karen Racowsky In a blog post last fall I talked about one of my roles as the Pension Rights Center’s Staff Attorney, which is providing information and referrals to individuals who call us for help in obtaining their retirement benefits. I refer many of these callers to the six federally-funded regional Pension Counseling and […]
Joint letter to Secretary of the Treasury on Notice 2019-18 on Lump Sum Buy-Outs
The Pension Rights Center, AARP, the Alliance for Retired Americans and the National Retiree Legislative Network sent a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin urging him to rescind a recent notice that would allow companies to offer lump sum buy-out offers to retirees already receiving their benefits. Read the letter, here.
Recognizing the Pension Counseling Attorneys on Be Kind to Lawyers Day
By Emily Spreiser Today – the second Tuesday in April – is International Be Kind to Lawyers Day. The holiday was invented in 2008 by a non-lawyer who recognized that lawyers often get a bad rap and that a lot of lawyers deserve to be recognized for all of the good that they do. So, […]
