Michigan Conference Today on U.S. Benefits Law

The University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business hosts a conference today on U.S. Benefits Law: A Meta Assessment. Among the Tax Prof papers are:

• Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)  & Amy B. Monahan (Minnesota), Who’s Afraid of Good Governance? State Fiscal Crises, Public Pension Underfunding, and the Resistance to Governance Reform 
• Lawrence A. Frolik (Pittsburgh), Rethinking ERISA’s Promise of Income Security in a World of 401(k) Plans
• Jonathan Barry Forman (Oklahoma), The Cost of ‘Choice’ in a Voluntary Pension System
• Kathryn L. Moore (Kentucky), A Comparison of the Role of the Employer in the French and U.S. Health Care Systems
• Dana M. Muir (Michigan) & Norman P. Stein (Drexel), Two Hats, One Head, No Heart: The Anatomy of the ERISA Settlor/Fiduciary Distinction
• Peter J. Wiedenbeck (Washington U.), Trust Variation and ERISA’s Misbegotten “Presumption of Prudence”