New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition Analyzes the Complete Spectrum of a Plan Fiduciary's Duties

New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition Analyzes the Complete Spectrum of a Plan Fiduciary's Duties

Date:8/20/2009 3:20:00 AM

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 19 /-/ -- The new 2009 Cumulative Supplement to ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition, published in August 2009, updates the main volume with sophisticated analysis of ERISA fiduciary issues as established by ERISA, the IRC, DOL regulations, and the federal courts. The reference is published by BNA Books, a division of BNA.

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The 2009 Cumulative Supplement to ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition reviews and analyzes, in particular, fiduciary duties when the plan sponsor is in, or contemplating, bankruptcy, and disclosure of defined contribution plan fees. The Supplement highlights the Supreme Court decisions in Sereboff and LaRue affecting, respectively, the scope of equitable relief available under ERISA and standing to pursue fiduciary claims in the context of defined contribution plans. The chapter addressing individual prohibited transaction exemptions includes a new section on underwriter exemptions, while the chapter on class exemptions from prohibited transactions describes the relationship between class exemptions introduced by the Pension Protection Act and preexisting class exemptions.

ERISA Fiduciary Law provides analysis from a number of the country's most prominent ERISA practitioners--and cites to hundreds of relevant cases. In discrete, stand-alone chapters, ERISA's complex fiduciary rules are explained, summarized, and examined. The treatise lays out in an easy-to-read format the multitude of regulatory requirements imposed by ERISA, explains the relevance of the most significant prohibited transaction exemptions--both individual and class--and describes the many complex rules governing ESOPs.

The co-editors of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement are Susan P. Serota and Frederick A. Brodie. Ms. Serota is a partner in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where she is the leader of the firm's Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Group. Mr. Brodie is also a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in New York, where he is the leader of the firm's ERISA Litigation Team.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition, BNA's Book Division publishes ERISA Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, ERISA: The Law and the Code, ERISA Regulations, ERISA Class Exemptions, 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.

ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition, 2009 Cumulative Supplement may be purchased alone (325 pp/Order #1734-PRY9/$175.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) or with the main volume (1,628 pp/Order #9734-PRY9/ $365.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, P.O. Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. The BNA Books Web site, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com. A 10 percent discount is available when ordering from the Web site. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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