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In June the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") and California Proposition 8. The Court's rulings will have dramatic implications for employee benefit plans covering domestic partners and the taxation of domestic partner benefits. Join 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, as he discusses the Court's rulings, the future of DOMA and Proposition 8, and the implications for benefit plan sponsors. Topics include: • The taxation of domestic partner benefits (Federal and state) after the Court's rulings. • The status of same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships. • Can same-sex couples marry in California? • What policies and procedures should employers and their counsel be updating in light of the Court's rulings?

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.

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 latest legal developments impacting employee benefits for same-sex couples. Topics include: • a survey of the current state of the law relating to the recognition of same-sex marriage (domestic partnerships, reciprocal beneficiaries, civil unions, same-sex marriage) • the latest on California Proposition 8 • the status of legal challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and the proposed legislative repeal of DOMA • the new Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index and the impact on benefit plans • the status of legal proposals relating to domestic partner benefits taxation and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation