Practice Area	Title	Date
Business and Corporate Law Securities Law	SEC Adopts Additional Proxy Disclosure Requirements On December 16, 2009, the Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") finalized rules that will require most public companies to provide enhanced proxy statement disclosures over a broad range of topics, including compensation practices that may promote material risks, the grant-date fair value of stock and option awards made to executives and directors, director qualifications and the director selection process. The new rules, which are effective for proxy statements filed on or after February 28, 2010, are summarized below.	01/21/10
Compensation and Benefits/ERISA	2008 Year-End Benefits Planning With the close of 2008 fast approaching, benefits professionals should take time to refocus on what tasks need to be completed before the end of the year. This article briefly highlights some important employee benefits issues that should be addressed in the coming weeks.	11/24/08
Compensation and Benefits/ERISA Labor and Employment	Protections Against Discrimination Based On Genetic Information: New Rules Impact Group Health Plans, Health Insurers and Employers On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). The purpose of GINA is to prevent discrimination in health insurance and employment based on genetic information. GINA imposes new restrictions on group health plans (including both large and small group plans, church plans and non-federal government plans), insurance issuers, employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and joint labor-management committees. Genetic information is defined as information regarding an individual's own genetic tests, the genetic tests of the individual's family members, and the manifestation of a disease or disorder in the individual's family members. The term "genetic test" is defined in the statute as "an analysis of human DNA, RNA, chromosomes, proteins or metabolites that detects genotypes, mutations, or chromosomal changes." A genetic test is used to predict whether an individual has a predisposition to a disease, disorder, or pathological condition, and does not include a genetic analysis that is performed after a disease is manifested. The term "family member" is defined very broadly to include an individual's dependents and any other individual who is a first, second, third or fourth-degree relative of the individual.	08/06/08
Compensation and Benefits/ERISA School Law	IRS Targets School Districts for 403(b) Review Over the next eighteen months, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be contacting public school districts in every state to determine whether the districts’ 403(b) plans are complying with the “universal availability” rule. von Briesen & Roper’s school law and employee benefits law attorneys have significant experience in this area and frequently work with the IRS when 403(b) plan compliance issues arise.	08/02/07
Compensation and Benefits/ERISA	Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans Proposed 409A Regulations Clarify New Deferred Compensation Law	12/01/05
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