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EEOC Revokes Stance That Health Plans Discriminate If Retiree Benefits Change Upon Medicare Eligibility

Client Alert | 1 min read | 08.21.01

In an August 20, 2001 release, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") retracted its position that employee benefit plans that either end or reduce benefits when a retiree becomes eligible for Medicare violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). Recognizing that its previous policy could have the practical effect of discouraging employers from providing health care benefits for its retirees before they become eligible for Medicare, the EEOC has established an internal task force to study the issue and obtain input from interested stakeholders (i.e. employers, insurers, advocacy groups). For now, the EEOC will no longer litigate "Medicare bridge" cases. The EEOC re-emphasized its position that "An employer must offer to current employees . . . over the age of eligibility for Medicare benefits the same health benefits, under the same conditions, that it offers to any current employee under the age of 65."

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.01.26

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policies Restricting Wind and Solar Permitting

A coalition of regional clean energy trade associations — including RENEW Northeast, Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Southern Renewable Energy Association, and Interwest Energy Alliance — along with the Green Energy Consumers Alliance (GECA), filed suit in December 2025 against the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the Army Corps of Engineers. The complaint alleged that five agency actions, issued in response to a series of executive orders and presidential memoranda beginning on January 20, 2025, violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by arbitrarily halting or restricting federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects. Plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of these policies while the litigation proceeds. See Renew Northeast, et al. v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, et al., No. 25-cv-13961-DJC,  (D. Mass. Apr. 21, 2026) ECF Dkt. 89....

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