This program will provide information on the fall's hot topics for health and other group benefit plans.  In this 90-minute, intermediate-level webinar, we will cover the current news on employee benefit plan implications of the Supreme Court's decision on DOMA, new information on how PPACA affects HRAs and Health FSAs, the health marketplaces and recent proposed and final regulations.  Stay informed and stay current by joining us to learn about the most recent developments affecting employee benefit plans.

Kathleen R. Barrow is a Partner in the Omaha, Nebraska and Rapid City, South Dakota offices of Jackson Lewis LLP.  She has designed welfare benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements, and has counseled sponsors and administrators of these types of plans, for 15 years. She has appeared on behalf of clients before the national offices of the United States Treasury and the Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration and has assisted employers in defending plan audits. She is a member of the Jackson Lewis Health Care Reform Task Force.

Joy M. Napier-Joyce is a Partner in the Baltimore office of Jackson Lewis LLP.  She counsels clients in a broad range of benefit matters, including general compliance, administration of qualified retirement plans under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code, and welfare plan issues involving cafeteria plans, health plans, flexible spending accounts, group insurance products, COBRA and HIPAA. She is a member of the Jackson Lewis Health Care Reform Task Force.