• Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments: Fiduciary Rule Update and Selected Issues in Common Bilateral Financial Market Transactions — Practising Law Institute, ERISA Plan Investments in the Financial Markets 2022: The Fundamentals (March 22, 2022)
    • Carrying on About Carried Interests — Practising Law Institute, Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance and Perspectives (February 2, 2022)
    • Selected Trends in Compensation Practices in Financial Services — Practising Law Institute, Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance and Perspectives (February 2, 2022)
    • Co-Author, ERISA’s Social Goals, ESG Considerations under ERISA — Investment Lawyer (September 2020)
    • New “Alternatives” for Participant Directed Plans — Pension Plan Investments, Practising Law Institute (May 2019)
    • An Octopus’ Guide to Getting Your Arms Around ERISA’s Indicia of Ownership Rules — Pension Plan Investments, Practising Law Institute (May 2019)
    • Co-Author, Taxation of Carried Interests for Senior-Level Fund Managers — Hedge Fund Law Report (March 2019)
    • Co-Author, Cross Trading in Focus: Decoding the Regulatory Framework — Investment Lawyer (February 1, 2019)
    • Co-author, Cross Trading in Focus: Decoding the Regulatory Framework — Investment Lawyer (February 2019)
    • Keep Calm and Carried Interest — Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company: Pay, Performance and Perspectives, Practising Law Institute (March 2017)
    • What's the "BIC Deal" with Compensation in Financial Services? DOL's New Fiduciary Rule and Selected Compensation Impacts — Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company: Pay, Performance and Perspectives, Practising Law Institute (March 2017)
    • A 'Clear' Guide to Swaps and to Avoiding Collateral Damage in the World of ERISA and Employee Benefit Plans (Part One of Four) — The Hedge Fund Law Report,  Vol. 9, No. 38 (July 28, 2016)
    • An Alternative (Fund) Perspective on DOL's Fiduciary Proposal — Pension Plan Investments, Practising Law Institute (April 2016)
    • How UBTIquitous Are Tax Traps for ERISA Plans?: (...and what to 'leverage' if U-Bit off more than your plan can chew.) — ERISA Plans in the Financial Markets 2016, Practising Law Institute, (February 2016)
    • The ABC's of ETI's, ESG's, and ERISA — Neuberger Berman's DC Insights (December 2015)
    • DOL Conflicted Advice Proposal: The Hearings are Completed — But Who Is Listening? — Neuberger Berman's DC Insights (October 2015)
    • Deducting from Flexibility Under 162(m) New Proposed Treasury Regulations — Released — Tax Management Compensation Journal (September 2, 2015)
    • DOL Re -Proposal: Expanding and Redefining ERISA Fiduciary — Neuberger Berman's DC Insights (July 2015)
    • Illinois Adopts Payroll Deposit Savings Arrangement — Neuberger Berman's DC Insights (April 2015)
    • ABCs of ABB: A Timely Reminder of Plan Fiduciary Duties and the Avoidance of Tussey-Like Tussles — Neuberger Berman's DC Insights (January 2015)
    • DOL Re-Opens Brokerage Window Inquiry: Will It Clear the Air or Leave Participants in ‘Pane’? — Pension & Benefits Daily (October 29, 2014)
    • Aligning Employee and Investor Interests under the Volcker RuleHedge Fund Law Report (June 2, 2014)
    • 'All Clear’ for ERISA Swaps? Clearvoyance on Competing Rules not Required Derivatives Financial Products Report (March 2013)
    • Isn’t That Special? CFTC’s Final Business Conduct RulesDerivatives Financial Products Report (April 2012)
    • Deducting from Flexibility Under Section 162(m)—New Proposed Treasury Regulations ReleasedTax Management Compensation Planning Journal (September 2, 2011)
    • The Results Are In: Comment Letters Identify Serious Concerns With DOL Proposed Fiduciary Rule — Pensions & Benefits Reporter (March 1, 2011)
    • Is That Your (Interim) Final Answer? New Disclosure Rules Under ERISA To Impact Many Hedge Funds — Hedge Fund Law Report (August 20, 2010)
    • On Being Reasonable: DOL’s Interim Final Fee Disclosure Rules — Pensions & Benefits Reporter (August 10, 2010)
    • ERISA’s Revised Schedule C: Many Tentacles and Lots of Ink — Pensions & Benefits Reporter (April 27, 2010)
    • DOL’s Advice on Advice and Investment Professionals: Take Two Pensions & Benefits Reporter (April 13, 2010)
    • The Top Five ERISA-Related Traps for Investment Managers – Even When They Are Not Managing Plan Money  Pensions & Benefits Reporter (January 20, 2010)
    • The Oneida Decision: Second Circuit Holds Premiums Payable to PBGC Not Dischargeable in BankruptcyBloomberg Law Reports, Bankruptcy Law (2009)
    • ERISA Update: preparing for new DOL reporting requirements for gifts and entertainment Complinet (November 16, 2009)
    • Co-Author, ERISA Considerations in Structured Finance Transactions — Pension Plan Investments 2008 PLI/Tax 
    • Co-Author, QPAM and INHAM Exemptions — West Legalworks’ ERISA for Money Managers (April 17, 2008) 
    • Co-Author, Proposed Amendments to the Securities Lending Exemption — Pension Plan Investments 2004: Confronting Today's Issues PLI/Tax
    • Co-Author, The Role of the Compensation Committee and Experts in Dealing with Compensation Issues — Hot Issues in Executive Compensation 2002 PLI/Tax 
    • Co-Author, ERISA Aspects of Cross-Trading and Electronic Crossing Networks — Pension Plan Investments: Confronting Today’s Issues 2000 PLI/Tax 
    • An Overview of Recent Changes Concerning Foreign Compensatory Trusts: 402(b) Trusts, Grantor Trusts and ‘Rabbi’ Trusts — 4 Florida Tax Review No. 6, 431
    • Co-Author, Foreign Equity-Based Compensation and U.S. Securities Laws — Compensation & Benefits Review (July/August 1999)
    • Co-Author, ERISA Aspects of Soft Dollar Arrangements — Pension Plan Investments: Confronting Today’s Issues 1999 PLI/Tax
    • New Regulations Provide Zero Basis Relief for Affiliated Group Stock-Based Compensatory Arrangements — 81 Tax Notes, 503

     

    • ERISA Fiduciary Rule Update — ABA Business Spring Meeting (March 31, 2022)
    • Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments; Fiduciary Rule Update — Practising Law Institute, ERISA Plan Investments in the Financial Markets 2022: The Fundamentals (March 22, 2022)
    • Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance and Perspectives — Chair, Practising Law Institute (February 2, 2022)
    • Carrying On About Developments in Carried Interests — Practising Law Institute, Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance and Perspectives (February 2, 2022)
    • Selected Trends in Compensation Practices in Financial Services — Practising Law Institute, Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance and Perspectives (February 2, 2022)
    • Fiduciary Rule Developments — Practising Law Institute, Pension Plan Investments 2021: Advanced Perspectives (November 23, 2021)
    • Spring Meeting of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Business Section of the ABA — ABA Business Law Section (April 22, 2021)
    • Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2021: Pay, Performance and Perspectives   Chairperson, Practising Law Institute, Webinar (February 3, 2021)
    • DOL-ing Out the Authority - a Busy Year for the Department of Labor  ABA-JCEB Presentation (January 12, 2021)
    • Evolving Standards for Investment Advice Fiduciaries: The New (Old) DOL Fiduciary Rule, Proposed Class Exemption and Regulation Best Interest — Stafford Webinar (October 28, 2020)
    • Employee Benefits Update — American Bar Association Business Law Section (September 23, 2020)
    • ERISA Plan Investments in the Financial Markets 2020: The Fundamentals — Practising Law Institute 
    • Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company: Pay, Performance and Perspectives — Practising Law Institute (January 14, 2020)
    • Taxation of Financial Instruments and Transactions Committee Presentation — New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, New York, NY (June 13, 2019)
    • Current Plan Investment Issues — PLI's Pension Plan Investments 2019: Current Perspectives (May 7, 2019)
    • Private Funds Nuts & Bolts: Carrying On and “Acqui-hiring” a Taste for Earnouts and Other M&A Issues — Practising Law Institute, New York, NY (March 11, 2019)
    • Derivatives and other Financial Instruments — ERISA Plan Investments in Financial Markets 2018: The Fundamentals, Practising Law Institute (March 19, 2018)
    • Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company: Pay, Performance and Perspectives — Practising Law Institute (March 13, 2017)
    • Regulatory Interactions with Plans — PLI's ERISA 2017: The Evolving World 2017 (July 31, 2017)
    • Pension Plan Investments 2017: Current Perspectives — Practising Law Institute (May 16, 2017)
    • The DOL Fiduciary Rule and MiFID II Inducements Provisions: Impact on Mutual Fund Distribution — IBA's 28th Annual Globalization of Investment Funds Conference (April 23-25, 2017)
    • DOL for Various Business Models — SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society Annual Seminar (March 19, 2017)
    • Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company: Pay, Performance and Perspectives — Practising Law Institute (March 13, 2017)
    • The Fiduciary Rule: Where Should We Be, and Where Do We Go From Here? — Institutional Investor Legal Forum’s Winter Roundtable (February 28-March 1, 2017)
    • Regulatory Interaction with Plans, ERISA 2016: The Evolving World — Practising Law Institute (August 1-2, 2016)
    • DOL Fiduciary Seminar: Implementing the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule — SIFMA (May 11, 2016)
    • Implications of the Final DOL Fiduciary Rule — McKinsey & Company Webinar (May 4, 2016)
    • DOL's Fiduciary Advice: Final Regulations — Practising Law Institute (April 14, 2016)
    • Current Topics in Private Equity and Alternative Investments, Pension Plan Investments 2016: Current Perspectives — Practising Law Institute (March 30, 2016)
    • Understanding Special Alternative Investment Considerations and Insurance Products  ERISA Plans in the Financial Markets 2016, Practising Law Institute (February 3, 2016)
    • ERISA Regulations — Regular Compliance Association (March 2015)
    • ERISA and LDI Basics — International Longevity Markets Association (May 13, 2014)
    • ERISA Compliance — Regulatory Compliance Association (April 23, 2014)
    • Pension Plan Investments 2014: Current Perspectives — Practising Law Institute (April 1, 2014)
    • Brandeis University Alumni Board (2018-current)
    • Anti-Defamation League, various roles including: National Commissioner; New York Regional Board; Chair or Co-Chair of New York Regional Board International Affairs; Public Policy and Government Affairs Committees (2010-2018)
    • NYU Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors (2006-2015)