Meeting Your Fiduciary Responsibilities Under ERISA

ERISA imposes fiduciary status and potential liability if a person either 'exercises discretionary authority, management of a benefits plan' or 'exercises any authority, respecting management or disposition of its assets.'

Persons serving as ERISA fiduciaries need to understand and comply with critical ERISA responsibilities and face personal liability for breaches of ERISA fiduciary duties. This live audio conference explains the fiduciary duties imposed by ERISA, including standards of conduct for fiduciaries, reporting and disclosure responsibilities, prohibited transactions, duties regarding plan assets and investments, and other fiduciary obligations.

We will also discuss the Department of Labor's proposed expanded definition of 'fiduciary' and expansion of the types of investment advice that may create ERISA fiduciary status.

This program is critical for employers to ensure compliance with complex ERISA rules and avoid litigation over alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and failures to timely and properly report and disclose benefit plan information and documents.

Robert M. Cipolla, McGuireWoods LLP 
James P. McElligott Jr., McGuireWoods LLP

Robert M. Cipolla 

• Partner in the Richmond office of McGuireWoods LLP
• Substantial experience advising clients with respect to tax-qualified retirement plans, nonprofit and governmental plans, employee welfare plans, executive compensation arrangements and employee benefit and executive compensation matters in corporate acquisitions, mergers and dispositions
• Represents clients before the IRS and the Department of Labor with respect to audits, determination letter requests, voluntary correction submissions, and other employee benefit-related matters
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America
• Faculty member, Southeastern Trust School
• J.D. degree, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University; B.S. degree, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James P. McElligott Jr. 

• Partner in the Richmond office of McGuireWoods LLP
• Practice emphasizes all aspects of employee benefits and ERISA litigation
• Conducts regular seminars and workshops on ERISA fiduciary litigation, benefits and executive compensation litigation, benefits and labor relations, PBGC issues, multi-employer plan withdrawal liability, and benefits in bankruptcy
• Chapter editor, “Benefit Claims,” Employee Benefits Law, Third Edition
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA and Virginia Super Lawyer
• J.D. degree, Harvard Law School; B.A. degree, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

* 90-minute live audio conference (Travel-Free) delivered over the phone and internet.
 * Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
 * 10-minute Q&A session with the experts.
 * A professionally prepared reference manual.
 * Continuing education credits available for most live audio conferences

• CLE (Please check the "Detailed Credit Information" page for states that have already been approved)
• CPE
• HR Certification Institute
• HRPD

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Only registered attendee will receive continuing education credit.