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Supreme Court rules ADEA does not prohibit reverse age discrimination By Kyle Brown Corporate Law Departments, August 2004 The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not prohibit employment or benefit practices that favor older workers over younger workers, even when the younger workers fall within the ADEA's protected class

Court protects severance benefit By Kyle Brown Corporate Law Departments, February 2001 In Bellas v. Westinghouse, a court of appeals has held that a "permanent job separation" benefit in Westinghouse's pension plan was a protected plan benefit, and thus could not be eliminated by an amendment to the plan.

Meeting the challenge of cash balance pension transitions By Eric P. Lofgren & Kyle Brown Corporate Law Departments, December 1999 Much of the recent media and political attention aimed at cash balance pension plans (cash balance plans) has focused primarily on transition issues.

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