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• April 01, 2026

  4 Million Trump Accounts Established, IRS Says

  More than 4 million children have been signed up for the new type of individual retirement account known as a Trump account, with more than a quarter of them eligible to receive $1,000 contributions through a pilot program, the Internal Revenue Service said.

• April 01, 2026

  5th Circ. Panel Weighs BP Retirees' Pension Suit Win

  A Fifth Circuit panel wanted to know what specific misrepresentations BP Corp. North America Inc. made to about 7,000 retirees that caused them to think they were getting a sweeter retirement deal than they got, asking Wednesday which misrepresentations were the most "obvious."

• April 01, 2026

  Sentara Health Strikes $1.5M Deal In Stable Value Fund Suit

  Virginia-based healthcare system Sentara Health will pay $1.5 million to settle a class action claiming it failed to remove an underperforming investment fund from its employee retirement plan, according to federal court filings.

• April 01, 2026

  Fed. Circ. Tosses Attorney's Appeal To Win Back Fee Award

  The Federal Circuit has rejected an attorney's appeal challenging a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs order to return attorney fees he'd won in a disability case after the VA later determined they were unreasonable, finding that no appellate jurisdiction exists.

• April 01, 2026

  Jones Walker Adds Tax Pro Duo From Sugarman & Susskind

  Jones Walker LLP announced Wednesday that it added two new attorneys as members of its tax practice group and employee benefits team in Miami from Sugarman & Susskind PA.

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