Pension Protection Act of 2006
The following is reproduced from an e-mail message I received from the ABA’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits:
Want to know more about the recently signed Pension Protection Act of 2006? Register for one or more of these teleconferences now!
All three programs will be held from 1:00pm EDT to 2:30pm EDT and will offer 1.5 (for 60 minute states) or 1.8 (for 50 minute states) CLE credit hours
Tuition begins at $125 for ABA JCEB Sponsoring Section Members
Cash Balance Plans: What is Left After the Litigation (and Legislation)?
Wednesday, August 30, 2006.This program will be moderated by Bruce Pingree, Baker Botts, LLP, Dallas, TX and speakers include Barry Klein, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Carol Connor Flowe, Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, DC; Thomas Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh, Groton, CT and Elizabeth Drigotas, Deloitte Tax LLP, Washington, DC. For further information and to register, go to the following web site: http://meetings.abanet.org/meeting/jceb/JCEB083006/
What Pension Reform Does for Pensions and Their Sponsors: Defined Benefit Plan Issues in the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
Thursday, September 14, 2006.This program will be moderated by Judy Mazo, Segal Company, and speakers include William Bortz, US Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC; Nell Hennessy, Fiduciary Counselors Inc., Washington, DC and Kent Mason, Davis & Harman, Washington, DC. For further information and to register, go to the following web site: http://meetings.abanet.org/meeting/jceb/JCEB091406/
Pension Protection Act of 2006 Part II: Defined Contribution Issues
Thursday, September 21, 2006.This program, also moderated by Judy Mazo, will include Bill Sweetnam, former Benefits Tax Counsel and now a partner at Groom Law Group in Washington, and Martha Steinman, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, New York, NY. Topics will include the auto-enroll rules, including the nondiscrimination safe harbors, for 401(k) and 403(b) plans, new opportunities to provide individual investment advice for participants, changes in rules for plans offering employer stock, and the expected offerings from the financial services industry. For further information and to register, go to the following web site: http://meetings.abanet.org/meeting/jceb/JCEB092106/
For further information, call 202-662-8676 or 202-662-8640.