ERISA Principles

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Peter J. Wiedenbeck (Washington University School of Law) Brendan S. Maher (Texas A&M University School of Law)

ERISA Principles

Peter J. Wiedenbeck (Washington University School of Law), Brendan S. Maher (Texas A&M University School of Law)

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Cambridge University Press
22 February 2024

Pensions; Constitutional & administrative law; Taxation & duties law; Retirement

ERISA, the detailed and technical amalgam of labor law, trust law, and tax law, directly governs trillions of dollars spent on retirement savings, health care, and other important benefits for more than 100 million Americans. Despite playing this central role in the US economy and social insurance systems, the complexities of ERISA are often understood by only a few specialists. ERISA Principles elucidates employee benefit law from a policy perspective, concisely explaining how common themes apply across a wide range of benefit plans and factual contexts. The book's non-technical language and cross-cutting conceptual organization reveal latent similarities and rationalize differences between the regulatory treatment of apparently disparate programs, including traditional pensions, 401(k), and health care plans. Important legal developments - whether statutory, judicial, or administrative - are framed and analyzed in an accessible, principles-centric manner, explaining how ERISA functions as a coherent whole.

By: Peter J. Wiedenbeck (Washington University School of Law), Brendan S. Maher (Texas A&M University School of Law)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9781107167032
ISBN 10: 1107167035
Pages: 568
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Part I. General Consideration: 1. Overview of ERISA; 2. ERISA's Coverage; Part II. Conduct Controls: Welfare and Pension Plans: 3. Disclosure; 4. Fiduciary Obligations; 5. Enforcement; 6. Preemption; Part III. Content Controls: Pension Plans: 7. Accumulation; 8. Distribution; 9. Security; Part IV. Tax Controls: Qualified Retirement Saving: 10. Taxes and Retirement Saving; Part V. Health Plan Content Controls: 11. Employment-Based Health; Appendix; Index.

Peter J. Wiedenbeck is the Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He has written numerous books and articles on federal tax law and the tax and labor law regulation of employee benefit plans and has co-authored casebooks on federal income taxation, employee benefits, and partnership taxation. In 2022, he chaired the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans. Brendan S. Maher is Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law and the Director of the Health Law, Policy & Management program. He was formerly the Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut, where he ran the school's Insurance Law Center. He retired in 2020 from Stris & Maher LLP, where he handled multiple ERISA matters before the United States Supreme Court.

Reviews for ERISA Principles

'ERISA Principles is a valuable comprehensive reference for practicing attorneys, judges, policymakers, and academics. Wiedenbeck and Maher clearly explain complex principles in ways that will be useful to benefits experts and neophytes alike. Their discussion of case law covers the landmark decisions and provides examples where open questions remain.' Dana Muir, Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan 'This work renders an inscrutable statute intelligible. Those forced to engage with ERISA's daunting complexity will be well served having ERISA Principles close at hand. It's certainly on my bookshelf.' Peter Stris, Stris & Maher LLP 'ERISA Principles is the authoritative scholarly work on United States employee benefit plans, which are a primary source of net worth of employed Americans. Wiedenbeck and Maher are clear, insightful, and visionary guides to how these plans work and how they are and should be governed.' Kent Syverud, Syracuse University