Blake Crohan, Cremethius Riggins, and Jack Cummings will speak during this three-day event hosted by the American Bar Association.
Blake Crohan will join the May 8 panel “Litigation Update” at 9:30 a.m. Panelists will discuss recent litigation trends and decisions of interest in employee benefits and ERISA, including new theories of liability and updates on pension risk transfers, plan forfeitures, tobacco surcharge, and other fiduciary breach cases.
Cremeithius Riggins will join the May 8 panel “Plan Governance Subcommittee Update” at 12:45 p.m. The panel will discuss recent developments in the plan governance landscape impacting health and retirement plan sponsors and others serving in a fiduciary capacity with respect to ERISA plans.
Jack Cummings will join the May 8 panel “Law and Ethics of Tax Opinions" at 9:15 a.m. This multidisciplinary panel will focus on current organizational demand for tax opinions and the legal and ethical framework within which they are written.
Jack will also join the May 8 panel “Tax Loss Harvesting: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Funds and Individual Investors” at 3:00 p.m. This panel will discuss the general concept of “tax loss harvesting” as well as explore the various financial instruments tax rules implicated when tax loss harvesting strategies are utilized.