Tanusha Yarlagadda
Law Clerk
Tanusha Yarlagadda is a law clerk in the Labor Department and a member of the Employee Benefit and Executive Compensation Group.
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In this episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief, Proskauer partners Ira Bogner and Adam Scoll and law clerk Tanusha Yarlagadda discuss the Department of Labor’s final ESG rules issued on November 22, 2022, and how those rules affect the consideration by ERISA fiduciaries of environmental, social, and governance or “ESG” factors when making investment decisions and exercising shareholder rights, such as … Continue Reading
As previously discussed, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) issued final regulations in July 2022 for plans that receive special financial assistance (“SFA”) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”). Among other things, the regulations imposed special withdrawal liability rules on plans that receive SFA – including a phase-in period for the … Continue Reading
The Biden Administration recently announced that the COVID-19 National Emergency will end on May 11, 2023. This means that the requirement to extend various benefit plan deadlines due to the COVID-19 pandemic will end as well. By way of brief background, early during the pandemic, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Treasury adopted relief pursuant to which … Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) proposed changes to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (the “VFCP”) in November for the first time since 2006. The most significant change is the addition of a self-correction option for delinquent deposits of participant contributions and loan repayments. The other changes clarify and expand certain existing aspects of the … Continue Reading
On November 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (the “DOL”) released final regulations (the “Final Rules”) that are intended to be more supportive of ERISA fiduciaries considering environmental, social, and governance factors (“ESG”) in investment decisions as compared to the Trump administration’s 2020 regulations (the “2020 Regulations”). The Final Rules … Continue Reading
Over the last few months, employers and plan administrators have concentrated on identifying qualifying individuals eligible for COBRA premium assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARP”), sending out proper notices, and collecting election forms. Now that the dust has settled on the first round of election notices, employers and plans have turned … Continue Reading
[Podcast]: DOL’s 2022 Final ESG Rules
By Ira G. Bogner, Adam Scoll and Tanusha Yarlagadda on Posted in Benefits Brief Podcast
PBGC (Slightly) Opens Door to Exceptions From Special Withdrawal Liability Rules for SFA Multiemployer Pension Plans
The Long-Awaited End of the Tolling of Plan Deadlines due to COVID-19
By Roberta Chevlowe and Tanusha Yarlagadda on Posted in COBRA, Coronavirus
DOL Proposes Self-Correction Option and Other Changes to Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
DOL’s Final ESG Rules Reflect Warmer Attitude Toward ESG, But Maintain Bedrock Principle that Risk and Return Cannot Be Sacrificed
By Ira G. Bogner, Seth Safra, Adam Scoll and Tanusha Yarlagadda on Posted in Department of Labor, Fiduciary
A Practical Guide to Claiming the COBRA Premium Assistance Tax Credit
By Paul M. Hamburger, Tanusha Yarlagadda and Jennifer Rigterink on Posted in COBRA
