Topic
Unclaimed Property
109 published works
Lauren Jackson Law Blog
Can Your Life Insurance Company Take Advantage of You?
Years ago, I wrote about an investigative report that caught some of the country’s largest life insurers sitting on death benefits — their position, more or less, was that it…
Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog
Eileen Fowler and the Texas Unclaimed Mineral Proceeds Commission
Eileen McKenzie Fowler was a lawyer in LaPorte, Texas, until her resignation in lieu of disciplinary action was accepted by the Texas Supreme Court in April of last year following…
Benefits Law Advisor
Missing Participants – New State Unclaimed Property Fund Option for Small Balances
Takeaways On January 14, 2025, the DOL issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2025-01, providing sponsors and administrators of ongoing defined contribution plans with a new option for missing participant balances of…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
DOL’s New Retirement Savings Lost and Found Database Goes Live
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has officially launched its Retirement Savings Lost and Found database. Although the database is not complete, DOL will continue to make improvements over the…
Beneficially Yours
Missing Participants – What to do With Abandoned Accounts
By Richard G. Schwartz, Sarah Touzalin
Seyfarth Synopsis: Over the years, plan sponsors and administrators have wrestled with the question of what to do with the accounts of participants who left employment years earlier and cannot…
Regulatory Oversight
Wisconsin Joins 30-State Settlement in Landmark Unclaimed Property Case
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
In a significant development for state unclaimed property programs, Wisconsin has joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 states in reaching a settlement with Delaware, effectively concluding a long-standing dispute over…
inversecondemnation.com
New Cert Petition: Can An Owner Whose Property Has Been Taken Sue A State Directly Under The Fifth Amendment?
Check this out, a recently-filed cert petition asking whether, in order to sue for compensation for a taking, the government must first affirmatively provide a cause of action (an issue…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Absent Heirs
Mark Glover (University of South Carolina School of Law) recently published, Absent Heirs, 2024. Provided below is an Abstract:The whereabouts of a decedent's heirs are sometimes unknown, and consequently some…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Happy National Unclaimed Property Day
The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators first began celebrating National Unclaimed Property Day in 2021. Approximately 1 in 10 Americans have unclaimed property, totaling nearly 33 million people. The…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Happy National Unclaimed Property Day
The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators first began celebrating National Unclaimed Property Day in 2021. Approximately 1 in 10 Americans have unclaimed property, totaling nearly 33 million people. The…