Marie Casciari will be presenting at a seminar sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association entitled, “New Trends in Employee Benefits”. This seminar will focus on three issues that are either making news in the benefits community or have already been decided and deserve some additional explanation and discussion:

  • Employee Benefit Issues in Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions
    Patrick Ryan, McDermott Will & Emery
    Jeff Arnold, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Affordable Care Act Update
    Ben Conley, Seyfarth Shaw
    Danita Merlau, Seyfarth Shaw
  • ERISA Litigation Review
    Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Seyfarth Shaw
    Marie Casciari, DeBofsky, Sherman & Casciari, P.C.

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