Evelyn A. Haralampu - Boston, MA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
    LL.M.
    Major: Taxation
  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
    J.D.
    Law Review: Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Wellesley College
    B.A., Honors

Classes and Seminars

• “Compensation Planning in Business,” Panelist, Massachusetts Bar Association Webinar, December 2023

Published Works

Articles

• “Establishing Standing in Pension Cases for Fiduciary Claims,” Bloomberg Tax Management Memorandum, November, 2024
  
• “Loper Issues in Uncertainty as Courts May Reinterpret ERISA,” Bloomberg Tax Management Memorandum, September, 2024
  
• “After Chevron: ERISA Cases to Watch,” LAW360, August, 2024
  
• “Takeaways From Justices’ Redemption Insurance Decision (Connelly v. US),” LAW360, June, 2024
  
• “Repatriation Tax on Shareholders | Moore v. U.S.,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, June 2024
  
• “SCOTUS Clarifies Valuing Closely-Held Stock for Estate Tax Purposes | Connelly v. U.S.,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, June 2024
• “ERTC Moratorium,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, September 2023
• “Employee Retention Tax Credit and More on the IRS Fraud Alert,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, July 2023
• “Executive Compensation and Clawbacks,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, June 2023
• “Employee Retention Tax Credit in 2023,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, June 2023
• “ERISA Fiduciaries and ESG Investing,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, March 2023
• “SCOTUS on Salaried Employees and Overtime Pay,” Burns & Levinson Client Advisory, March 2023
• “VAS Holdings v. Commissioner of Revenue,” May 31, 2022
• “Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on Cryptocurrency in Retirement Plan,” March 23, 2022
• “ERISA Prudence and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors,” March 7, 2022
• “ERISA Fiduciary Prudence Does Not Necessarily Reflect Modern Portfolio Management,” February 16, 2022
• “COBRA Subsidies: Employer Obligation To Notify Employees by May,” May 25, 2021
• “Consolidated Appropriations Act: An Outline of the Benefits Provisions,” January 15, 2021
• “COVID-19: Worker’s Compensation in Massachusetts,” July 23, 2020
• “Private Equity Investments in Retirement Plans: DOL Information Letter,” July 6, 2020
• “Returning to the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know,” May 22, 2020
• “Maximizing PPP Loan Forgiveness with Compensation Planning,” May 7, 2020
• “Employment Taxes and Increasing Cash Flow,” April 9, 2020
• “Employer Costs and Massachusetts Unemployment Benefits During COVID-19,” April 2, 2020
• “CARES Act: Employee Benefits,” March 29, 2020
• “Employee Benefits During COVID-19,” March 24, 2020
• “Changes Under the SECURE Act Affecting Retirement Savings,” December 20, 2019
• “When Privacy Does Not Apply, But Tax Does: Cryptocurrency Transactions,” September 27, 2019
• “Millionaire’s Tax: Fairness or Folly?” June 14, 2018
• “Retirement Plan Fee Litigation: Protecting Fiduciaries,” Burns & Levinson Employee Benefits Update, September 2017
• “Securing Protected Health Information: FBI Warning,” Burns & Levinson Privacy & Security Update, April 2017
• DOL’s Fiduciary Rule: On the Road to More Change?” Burns & Levinson ERISA Update, April 2017
• “Supreme Court’s Evolution in Defining Equitable Remedies under ERISA,” Bloomberg BNA, April 2017
• “No Change by Trump: Fiduciary Regulations Still Effective in April,” Burns & Levinson ERISA Law Update, February 2017
• “Trump and the Debate Over the Fiduciary Rules Affecting Retirement Savings,” Burns & Levinson ERISA Law Update, December 2016
• “ERISA Liability,” MCLE treatise, Massachusetts Employment Law, December 2016
• “Health Reimbursement Accounts for Small Employers,” Burns & Levinson Employment Update, December 2016
• “Auto Dealers Lead the Way for Ignoring Certain Federal Regulations,” Burns & Levinson Employment Law Update, July 2016
• “The Top 7 Concerns for Employee Benefits Administrators,” Burns & Levinson Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits & ERISA Update, July 2015
• “Supreme Court’s Evolution in Defining Equitable Remedies Under ERISA,” Bloomberg BNA Benefits Practice Resource Center, June 2015
• “ERISA Fiduciary Duties for Plan Investments,” Burns & Levinson Employment Update, June 2015
• “U.S. Taxation of Canadian Registered Retirement Assets,” Burns & Levinson Employment Update, July 2014
• “Interim Guide for COBRA Notices,” Burns & Levinson Employment Update, May 2014
• “A Planning Note on Sun Capital Partner III LP v. New England Teamsters & Truckers Industries Pension Fund,” Burns & Levinson Employment Update, May 2014
• “Employee Benefits Checklist,” Burns & Levinson Employment Update, February 2014
• “Federal Health Care Reform and Massachusetts Family Businesses,” Massachusetts Family Business Magazine, Spring 2013

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court

Other Affiliations

• Burns & Levinson Asset Management, Member of Investment Policy Committee
• Burns & Levinson Retirement Plan Committee, Chair
• New England Conservatory, former member of the Board of Overseers
• Massachusetts Bar Associations Taxation Law Section Council, Current Member, former Chair
• Boston Bar Association ERISA Committee, former Chair
• Member, Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association
• UMass Boston Pension Project, Member, Board of Directors
• American Bar Association, ERISA subcommittees