Changes to Laws and Regulations Affecting Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

The U.S. Congress and the administration of President Donald J. Trump are embarking on an initiative fundamentally to recalibrate a wide range of statutory and regulatory regimes governing U.S. business. The changes are poised to be historic and may go deeper than many realize.
The Dechert Aggregator for Benefits & Compensation Developments collects the proposed and final legislative activity as well as certain key reports related to the following areas:
- Employee Benefits (updated: Jul. 3, 2019)
- Qualification- and other Tax-Related Items (updated: Jul. 3, 2019)
- General Fiduciary (ERISA) Items (updated: Apr. 10, 2019)
- Qualification- and other Tax-Related Items (updated: Jul. 3, 2019)
- Executive Compensation (updated: Sep. 21, 2018)
- Tax Rules (updated Aug. 24, 2018)
- Disclosure-Related and Other Securities Rules (updated: Sep. 21, 2018)
- ERISA’s Fiduciary “Investment Advice” Rules (updated: Jun. 21, 2019)
- Health and Welfare Plans (Including Obamacare and HIPAA) (updated: Jun. 24, 2019)
- From "Obamacare" to "Trumpcare" (updated: Jun. 24, 2019)
- HIPAA and Other Privacy-Related Matters, and Matters Relating to Wellness (updated: Aug. 31, 2018)
The Aggregator highlights key activity as it is announced and evolves into legislation in Congress, and generates notifications of new developments to clients who subscribe to receive periodic information.