Cohen Milstein’s Karen Handorf Invited to Speak at ABA Employee Benefits Committee 2019 Midwinter Meeting

Karen L. Handorf, Chair of Cohen Milstein’s Employee Benefits / ERISA practice, will speak on the panel “Will the States Step into the Benefits Void?” at the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Employee Benefits Committee 2019 Midwinter Meeting in Nashville, TN. The panel will examine how states have stepped up efforts to regulate employee benefits, including these efforts’ ERISA implications. Areas of focus will include:

• State payroll IRAs
• Multiple employer plans and marketplaces
• The fiduciary rule and securities
• Pharmacy benefit managers
• Health care changes
• Prohibition of discretionary clauses.