Pension & Benefits Reporter Index-Summary

PATENTS

– Employee benefit strategies, Analysis & Perspective, 1520; CRS reports, 1682
– Tax planning methods

See TAX REFORM AND SIMPLIFICATION

– Tax strategies, ban on patents urged, 2423

PBGC

See PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (PBGC)

PBM

See PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT (PBM)

PENNSYLVANIA

– State and local government plans

– – Cholesterol drug makers accused of deceptive promotion (E.D. Pa.), 1462
– – Deferral of payment to trust fund planned, 849
– – Municipal pension relief approved, 1996; signed, 229
– – Philadelphia wage freeze proposed, 760
– – Retiree plan assets down, 391

– Teachers retirement plan assets down, 391

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (PBGC)

– Annual report, 121
– Bankruptcy

See generally BANKRUPTCY

– Chair appointed for panel, In Brief, 1904
– Data book released, In Brief, 2047
– Enhanced oversight

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1544

– Filing deadlines, In Brief, 623; E-filing, In Brief, 2092
– Former director under scrutiny, 1206
– Funding deficit up, 1254
– GAO says agency at high risk, 163
– Interest rates

See INTEREST RATES

– Omnibus funding bill signed, 617
– Premiums

See INTEREST RATES; PREMIUMS

– Reporting

See REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

– Terminations

See TERMINATION OF PLANS

– Visteon, In Brief, 65

PENSION PROTECTION ACT (PPA)

– Defined benefit plans

– – Business Roundtable pushes Congress to address funding, 330
– – Lump-sum payments, administrator must pay when annuity starting date precedes bankruptcy (S.D. Tex.), 2446

– Lump-sum assumptions, PBGC issues technical update, 49
– Technical corrections, In Brief, 346
– Tribal sovereign immunity removed by PPA (N.D. Okla.), 717

PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT (PBM)

– D.C. disclosure law preempted by ERISA (D.D.C.), 782

PLACEMENT AGENTS

See SECURITIES

POLAND

– Social Security pact with U.S., 472

PORTUGAL

– Golden parachutes, tax proposed, 1271

POSTAL WORKS

– Bankruptcy predicted for USPS, 1860

PREEMPTION

– ERISA

See ERISA

PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

– AT&T improperly calculated retirement benefits based on pre-Pregnancy Discrimination Act system (U.S., brief filed), 433; calculation of retirement benefits upheld (dec), 1299

PREMIUMS

– ADEA, Niagara Mohawk requiring Medicare-eligible retirees to pay higher premium no violation (N.D.N.Y.), 1038
– Alliant retirees have no right to premium parity with current workers (E.D. Wis.), 575
– American Airlines flight attendant, union not fiduciary liable for premium lapse (E.D. Cal.), 1097
– CalPERS, premium hikes estimated for 2010, 1504
– Delayed quarterly premium payments, PBGC issues guidance, 1057
– Federal employees

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

– Filings for 2009 accepted by PBGC, 172
– Interest rates

See INTEREST RATES

– Long Term Care Insurance Program, premium hike expected, 2394
– Medicare

See MEDICARE

– Onieda cannot discharge PBGC termination premiums in bankruptcy (2nd Cir.), 910; Analysis & Perspective, 1163
– PBGC, In Brief, 2384
– Retroactive premium hike upheld (W.D. Mich.), 1517
– Tenn., HMO premium tax increased proposed, 771
– TV network agreement with single worker to pay life insurance premiums not ERISA plan (E.D. La.), 1043

PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMPORTATION

– Dorgan (D-ND) and Snowe (R-Me.) predict bill in 2009, 75
– Safety bill introduced

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 525, S 1232

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

– Biologics

– – AARP pushes follow-on legislation, 633
– – Medicare Part D use rising, MedPAC reports, 900
– – Waxman (D-Cal) pushes generic biologics, 1431

– Cholesterol drug makers accused of deceptive promotion (E.D. Pa.), 1462
– Comparative effectiveness, Consumers Union reports on drugs, 697
– FEHBP criticized at House hearing, 1564
– Generic drugs

– – Patent settlements that delay drugs, In Brief, 1566
– – Reverse payments

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1706

– – Savings over decade reported, 1137; kept spending down in 2008, 1226

– Independence Blue Cross placement of Plavix in highest tier upheld (E.D. Pa.), 1461
– Pricing

– – AWP rollback required in publisher settlement (D. Mass.), 711
– – Brand name prices up in 2008, 958

– Reimportation

See PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMPORTATION

PRISONERS

– ERISA, Mich. garnishment of pensions upheld (Mich. Ct. App.), 1452

PRIVACY

– Breach notification and encryption guidance, HHS issues interim final rule, 1951
– Consumer notice for E-health breaches, FTC proposes rules, 962
– CVS Caremark to settle over failure to safeguard consumer and employee information (FTC), 431
– E-records raise security and privacy concerns, 632
– §401(k) plans, Red Flags Rule does not apply where sole basis of application is plan's permitting participants to take loans from own accounts, 1631; attorneys respond, 1680
– Guidance on records security offered by HHS, 1288
– ID theft prevention, FTC offers guidance, 830; enforcement delayed, 1061
– Non-medical history supplied to consulting physicians, no abuse of discretion (7th Cir.), 2204
– PBGC-17, new record system announced, 759; final rule issued, 1409
– Social media sites, firms urged to be cautious in monitoring, 1636
– Stimulus package

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1

PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS

– Consolidation of institutions raises ERISA issues, 2087
– GM VEBA, Labor Dep't proposes allowing securities transfer, 2172
– PTE 2006-16, In Brief, 2232

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

– Disease management favored by public sector employers for cost control, 179
– ERISA exemption does not apply to Oneida casino worker (E.D. Wis.), 1158
– Federal employees

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

– Firefighters

See FIREFIGHTERS

– Form 14035, IRS issues survey on governmental plans initiative, 466
– IRS questionnaire questioned, 1258
– Minimum distributions, IRS issue good faith standard final rule, 2082
– Police

See LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL

– State and local employees

See STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANS

– Teachers

See TEACHERS

PUBLIC OPTION

See HEALTH CARE REFORM, FEDERAL

PUERTO RICO

– Police officer mandatory retirement law no ADEA violation (1st Cir.), 1663