Benefits & ERISA Law

Conducting an ERISA Self-Audit

We spend a lot of time here at the blog talking about lawsuits, causes of action, and court rulings concerning ERISA issues; the name of the blog, after all, is the Boston ERISA and Insurance Litigation blog. But every litigator knows that the flip side to a lawsuit is prevention, and the key to prevention in the employee benefit world is the ERISA self-audit, whereby a plan investigates itself to ensure compliance and avoid subsequent government action or private litigation. For those of you interested in this “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” approach, here’s an interesting looking teleconference on key topics in conducting such an audit.

Full post as published by Boston ERISA Law Blog on December 19, 2007 (boomark / email).