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Quoted in the Media:

PBGC Proposes Clarifying Downsizing Liability Rule

Quoted in the Media: Senators 'Express Concern' to PBGC About Rejecting Certain Premium Filings
Quoted in the Media:  $34 Billion Shortfall Estimate Sparks Renewed Talk of Taxpayer Help for PBGC
Quoted in the Media: 

PBGC Seeing Increase in Litigation Against Agency by Participants, Official Says

Quoted in the Media: Plan Sponsors Make Many Mistakes In Premium Filings, PBGC Speaker Says
Quoted in the Media: Immediate and Long-Term Deadlines Face Both Employers, Health Plans Under Reform
Article: A Non-Bankruptcy Solution for Resolving Unaffordable Pension Liabilities
Announcement: Harold Ashner named 2010 Washington, DC, Super Lawyer
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Reportable Events Rule Would Interfere With Credit Marketplace, Commenters Say
Article: Start Preparing for Increased Reporting to PBGC
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Plays a Stronger Hand in Economy Weakened by Frequent Bankruptcies
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Proposes to Eliminate 'Most' Automatic Waivers and Filing Extensions
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Rules for Standard Terminations Leave Questions for Future Guidance, Speaker Says
Client Alert: Distressed Employers Facing Skyrocketing Pension Contributions: A Non-Bankruptcy Solution
Quoted in the Media: Experts Offer Tips on What PBGC Needs
Quoted in the Media: Bill Takes PBGC Chief out of the Hiring Loop
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Developing Proposed Regulation On Downsizing Liability Section of ERISA
Article:

Small Plans with Missed Quarterlies: PBGC Drops Reporting Waiver

Article:

Small Plans with End-of-Year Valuation Dates: PBGC Premium Deadline Looms

Announcement: Harold Ashner named 2009 Washington, DC, Super Lawyer
Quoted in the Media: Attorneys Discuss Effect Kennedy Decision Might Have on Drafting of Plan Documents
Client Alert: Downsizing Employers with Ongoing Pension Plans May Face an Immediate and Significant PBGC Liability
Article: Planning a Standard TerminationA Checklist for Practitioners
Article: PBGC Issues PPA Guidance on Applying Minimum Lump Sum Changes in Standard Terminations
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Hangs Hat on Investment Policy as Strategy to Survive Market Turmoil
Presentation: Working with the PBGC—A Practical Business Guide for Consultants
Article: Surprise—You Just Missed a PBGC Reporting Deadline!
Article: Beware of PBGC "Downsizing Liability"!
Article: PBGC Implements Variable-Rate Premium Changes
Article: Analysis of PBGC's Final Rule Implementing Variable-Rate Premium Changes
Article: PBGC Senior Legal Advisor Stan Hecht Joins Keightley & Ashner
Announcement: Harold Ashner named 2008 Washington, DC, Super Lawyer
Quoted in the Media: PBGC Announces New Investment Policy
Presentation: Researching PBGC Issues: The Basics and Beyond
Quoted in the Media: Investment Policy on PBGC's Agenda; Practitioners Call for More Aggressive Mix
Article: PBGC Implements Flat-Rate Premium Increase, Termination Premium, and Small Employer VRP Cap
Article: PBGC Issues PPA Transitional Guidance: Minimum Lump Sums
and Standard Terminations
Presentation: A Practical Guide to Dealing with PBGC Issues
Quoted in the Media: Practitioners Call for Careful Implementation To Avoid Standard
Termination Timing Traps
Article: Analysis of PBGC's Proposed Variable-Rate Premium Changes
Article: PBGC Issues Guidance on Premium Penalty Waivers: Practitioners Beware!
Article: PBGC Reportable Events: Traps for the Unwary
Article: PPA Lump Sum Amendments in Standard Terminations: Watch Out!
Article: PBGC’s Final Rule on Liability for Facility Shutdowns Affects Downsizing Employers
Article: PBGC Mandates Premium E-Filing
Presentation: Understanding the PBGC’s Role in Corporate Transactions
Quoted in the Media: Pensions in Peril Over Church Exemptions from The New York Times (May 2, 2006, page 1)
Quoted in the Media: US Pension Reform Set to Miss Deadline
Presentation: Practical Pointers on PBGC Premiums
Presentation: Update on PBGC Legislative and Regulatory Activity
Quoted in the Media:  Funding Reform Warning
Comment: PBGC Liability Assumptions
Article: Dealing with the PBGC
Article: Pensions, Bankruptcy, and the PBGC
Article: PBGC Updates its “Termination Liability” Mortality Assumptions  
Article: PBGC Proposes to Update its Mortality Assumptions
Article: PBGC Moves Toward Mandatory E-Filing With New Regulations
Article:

PBGC Proposes Alternative Liability Calculation for Facility Shutdown