Our ERISA attorneys at the Peace Law Firm describe some issues involving ERISA plans and beneficiaries. Contact us for help today.This sixth edition discusses the wide range of issues that arise in litigation under ERISA. Section I addresses the Supreme Court's decisions defining ERISA's. ERISA rules do provide a way for the planholder's spouse to acknowledge and waive their inheritance rights under the federal law. The guideposts in fashioning a rule of decision in the present case are the policies underlying ERISA. The Departments of Labor and Treasury administer aspects of ERISA. Such a result would run contrary to the ameliorative policy underlying ERISA.