May/June 2001

Focus your search with the Pension and Retirement Benefits practice-area databases

Don't wait until retirement to think about it

Whether you need pension and retirement benefits information for a client, your firm, or yourself, you can easily locate the information you need when you access the pension and retirement benefits practice-area databases on Westlaw. The databases include case law, statutes and regulations, administrative law, specialized materials, and texts and periodicals pertaining to privately funded retirement plans and benefits for private and public sector employees.

Listed below are several databases that you can use to research pension and retirement benefits issues. For a complete list of the pension and retirement benefits databases available, click the plus symbol (+) before Topical Materials by Area of Practice in the Westlaw Directory, then click the plus symbol before Pension & Retirement Benefits.

Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits–Cases

The Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits–Cases database (FPEN-CS) contains cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, courts of appeals, district courts, bankruptcy courts, and other courts.

Employee Fringe and Welfare Benefit Plans

The Employee Fringe and Welfare Benefit Plans database (EMPFRINGE) contains the full text of Employee Fringe and Welfare Benefit Plans, 2000 Edition, a single-volume treatise by Michael J. Canan and William D. Mitchell.

Pension and Retirement Benefits– Texts and Periodicals

The Pension and Retirement Benefits–Texts and Periodicals database (PEN-TP) contains documents from law reviews, texts, American Jurisprudence 2d, CLE course materials, bar journals, and legal practice–oriented periodicals.

Qualified Retirement and Other Employee Benefit Plans

The Qualified Retirement and Other Employee Benefit Plans database (RETBEN) contains the full text of Qualified Retirement and Other Employee Benefit Plans, 2000 Practitioner Edition, by Michael J. Canan.

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Note:  Clicking the database name before the  icon will take you to a free detailed description of the database on the Internet.

Clicking on the database idenitifier (e.g., RETBEN) will take you to the query screen on westlaw.com so that you can enter a database search.