Fred Reish, partner at Drinker, Biddle and Reath, told attendees of the Plan Sponsor Council of America 71st Annual National Conference, from his perspective, plan sponsors have a “best practices hat,” meaning “plan sponsors have an option of going beyond looking at what benefits the participants or employer. Meeting minimal objectives of the law is not the goal.”Read more > |
ON THIS DATE: In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city. In 1855, Macon B. Allen became the first African American to be admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts. In 1933, the U.S. Mint was under the direction of a woman for the first time when Nellie Ross took the position. In 1937, Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind.” In 1966, the game “Twister” was featured on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. In 1968, after three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retook Dai Do complex in Vietnam. They found that the North Vietnamese had evacuated the area. In 1971, anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C. In 2006, in Alexandria, Virginia, Al-Quaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was given a sentence of life in prison for his role in the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. No SURVEY SAYS this week. |