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Two recent eligibility opportunities, one created as a result of a US Supreme Court decision and the other enacted by law, are a wake-up call for plan sponsors of welfare [...]

The invalidation of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the landmark US Supreme Court decision of Windsor v. U.S. (1) has greatly eased the tax and [...]

On the final day of its 2013 term, in the landmark decision of United States v. Windsor, (1) the US Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the federal Defense [...]

On June 26, 2013, in United States v. Windsor, (1) the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down a key provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [...], This column describes the United States Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor, which struck down a key provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, highlights common benefit plan provisions that are affected by the treatment of same-sex married couples as "spouses," and discusses practical steps that plan administrators should take.

The authors of this article explain how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor--which paved the way for legally married same-sex spouses to have the same federal [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled, on June 26, 2013, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines "marriage" as only between a man [...]