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“High Noon” for the Central States Pension Fund?

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For the past several months, we have been reporting on the application filed by the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (“Central States”) to the Department of Treasury to reduce “core” benefits to participants. This extraordinary remedy is permitted by the Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (“Kline-Miller Act”).