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Latest Comments and Articles from Groom

•	HEART Act Provides Benefits for Those in Military Service (6/3/08)
•	Chris Rillo featured in the Washington Business Journal (6/08)
•	VEBAs Fund Welfare Benefits For Active Employees and Retirees (6/08)
•	Congressional Hearing Raises Concerns About HSAs (5/19/08)
•	IRS Announces 2009 HSA/HDHP Limits (5/15/08)
•	401(k) Fee Litigation (5/6/08)
•	Final 403(b) Regulations Make 2008 a Key Planning Year (4/08)
•	U.S. Pension Regulator Moves to Impose New Fee Disclosure Rules for Employee Benefit Plans and Service Providers (3/08)
•	Federal Courts Appear to Disagree on Whether ERISA Preempts State and Local Health Reform Laws (3/12/08)
•	IRS Ruling on Performance-Based Pay (2/29/08)
•	Supreme Court Gives "Green Light" to ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Related to Individual 401(k) Participant Accounts (2/26/08)
•	Performance-Based Compensation Under 409A (2/25/08)
•	Proposed Cash Balance Plan Regulations (2/05/08)
•	Sixth Cir Rules for Groom Client in Enforcing Arbitration Provision (1/29/08)
•	DOL and IRS issue Supplemental Health Plan Guidance and Qualified Medical Expense Guidance (12/18/07)
•	IRS Establishes Limited Correction Program Under Section 409A (12/11/07)
•	The Wait is Over: DOL Issues Final Default Regulations (12/07)
•	DOL Issues Final Default Regulations (11/30/07)
•	Prop IRS Reg Provide Clarity For Automatic Enrollment Programs (11/30/07)
•	Form 5500 Regulatory Update (11/15/07)

Upcoming Seminars and Teleconferences

•	Save the date! Groom's 13th annual Employee Benefits Seminar will be held October 14, 2008 in Washington, D.C. at the Fairmont Hotel. The program will highlight the latest legislative, regulatory and judicial developments. Contact us for more information.

•	For past seminar materials, click here.

Groom in the News

•	ABA's 19th Annual Tax Conference, Nov 13-14, 2008
•	Lonie Hassel quoted in the New York Times re the Supreme Court Metlife v. Glenn Decision
•	Bill Sweetnam quoted in BNA regarding Domestic Partners' Tax Issues
•	Lonie Hassel weighs in on Supreme Court case Metlife v. Glenn
•	Bill Sweetnam quoted in the Congress Daily AM
•	Tom Gigot to present the ALI-ABA course of study Employment and Labor Relations Law for the Corporate Counsel
•	Bill Sweetnam to co-chair the ALI-ABA Annual Employee Benefits Law and Practice Update on May 1, 2008
•	Chris Keller was quoted in P&I re SF Health Care Security Ordinance
•	Lofgren and Salinas published in BNA Compensation Planning Journal, March 7, 2008
•	Mike Prame and Lars Golumbic to participate in an audioconference on Heading Off Lawsuits From 401(k) Participants, March 20, 2008
•	Bill Sweetnam and Andreé St. Martin present on compensation plans in SF March 26-28, 2008
•	Lou Mazawey testifies before the IRS on Decemeber 6, 2007
•	Sweetnam and Goodwin present on Proposed IRS Regs on Automatic Contribution Arrangements and Final DOL Default Investment Regs, Dec. 17, 2007
•	Sweetnam and Winters participate in Deferred Compensation: Policy and Practice Conference, Dec. 5, 2007
•	Bill Sweetnam featured in Pension & Investments, Nov. 12, 2007
•	Dold, Levine and Eller to participate in a BNA audioconfernce on End of the Year Pension Issues, Nov. 15, 2007
•	Chris Rillo to speak at a 401(k) Compliance seminar, Dec. 4, 2007
•	Chris Rillo to present at a BNA Litigation conference, Nov. 29, 2007
•	Lou Mazawey quoted in Business Insurance, Sept 17, 2007
•	Bill Evans to serve as Attorney-Advisor at the U.S. Treasury
•	Bill Sweetnam quoted in Congress Daily, August 14, 2007
•	Bill Sweetnam to participate on Knowlegde Congress Conference call regarding the final regulations for Section 409A, Sept. 6, 2007
•	Andrée St. Martin and Bill Sweetnam to participate in conference on pension, profit-sharing, welfare, and other compensation plans
•	Breyfogle testifies before the House on Mental Health Parity
•	Lou Mazawey participated in ALI-ABA conference call on 403(b) regs
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