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NEW 2009 EDITION OF “ERISA: THE LAW AND THE CODE” DETAILS RECENT AMENDMENTS TO ERISA AND THE TAX CODE

NEWS RELEASE

Contacts:
Matt Greene
mgreene1@bna.com
(703) 341-5767

Arlington, Va. (November 16, 2009) –Practitioners can turn to the 2009 Edition of ERISA: The Law and the Code for updated text of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and relevant portions of the Tax Code. ERISA: The Law and the Code, 2009 Edition, the essential desktop reference for pension and welfare benefits practitioners, is published by BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA.

The 2009 Edition covers amendments made by the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008; the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, including:

• provisions for a one-year multiemployer pension plan “freeze” on funding status
• a new COBRA premium subsidy
• new requirements for coordination between public and private coverage for children

ERISA: The Law and the Code, 2009 Edition features “Recent Amendment” notes that track all of the changes made to the Tax Code sections back to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and a complete history of every amendment made to each reprinted section of ERISA, in an easy-to-follow format. Amendment notes also track relevant non-amending legislative material helpful to understanding ERISA and the Tax Code.

ERISA: The Law and the Code is a convenient, single-source reference designed to help attorneys and benefits experts who advise clients on the drafting, review, or administration of employee benefit plans. Annual editions keep practitioners current. The editor of ERISA: The Law and the Code, 2009 Edition  is Sharon F. Fountain, Esq., Managing Editor for Compensation Planning at Tax Management, Inc., a subsidiary of BNA.

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BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to ERISA: The Law and the Code, BNA’s Book Division publishes ERISA Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, Executive Compensation, ERISA Regulations, ERISA Class Exemptions, ERISA Fiduciary Law, Reductions in Force in Employment Law, and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to books@bna.com. The BNA Books website, including a searchable online catalog, can be found on the web at bnabooks.com.

ERISA: The Law and the Code, 2009 Edition (1,236 pp. Softcover/Order #1802-PRY9/$145.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814.  Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220.  Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. E-mail orders: books@bna.com. A 10% discount is available when ordering from the website at bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.       

Editors: Review copy available upon request.
Please e-mail Matt Greene at mgreene1@bna.com, or call 703-341-5767.