Same-Sex Marriage in New York—Implications for Employee Benefit Plans

Program Number: 2220

Program Date: 03/13/2012

Description

Todd Solomon, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and a frequent speaker and writer on employee benefits issues resulting from domestic partnerships and same-sex marriages, discusses the impact of the New York same-sex marriage law on employee benefit plans. Topics include:
• which plans are required to offer coverage to same-sex spouses,
• the federal and state tax implications of providing such coverage, and
• best practices for administering a program that covers same-sex spouses.

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California, Colorado Eligible, Florida, Georgia, New York, Texas Self Study

Credit Information

50 minute credit hour - 1.0 General CLE credit
60 minute credit hour - 1.0 General CLE credit

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Presenters


Todd A. Solomon, Esq.

McDermott Will & Emery

Todd A. Solomon, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based in its Chicago office. A member of the Employee Benefits Department, he concentrates his practice primarily on designing, amending, and administering pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans, 403(b) plans, and nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. He also counsels privately and publicly-held corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary issues under ERISA, employee benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, executive compensation matters, and the implementation of benefit programs for domestic partners of employees. Mr. Solomon is the author of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions of Domestic Partner Benefits - An Employer's Guide, which were published by Thompson Publishing Group, and he is a frequent speaker on employee benefits issues resulting from domestic partnerships and same-sex marriages.