Legal Update: Key Developments Affecting Pension and Benefit Plans

British Columbia pension and benefit plan sponsors and administrators continue to operate in a shifting regulatory and legal environment. This session will provide an up-to-date review of key legal developments affecting pension and benefit plans. The discussion will cover recent case law of interest, including the latest on age-based distinctions in benefit plans and administrators’ obligations regarding ESG considerations, as well as an update on changes to legislation.

Speaker:

Meghan Popp (she/her)

Lawson Lundell LLP | Partner

Meghan Popp is a partner in Lawson Lundell LLP’s Pension and Employee Benefits Group. She works with boards of trustees and other administrators and sponsors of pension and benefit plans in the private and public sectors across a wide range of industries in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Meghan advises on issues that arise in the day-to-day administration of plans, as well as larger projects such as plan mergers and reorganizations. This includes…