Compliance

March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has denied a motion for immediate review by an appellate panel of one of the ongoing “church plan” cases.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity was able to convince an appellate court to vacate some of the decisions made against it in the widely watched case of...

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking approval to have an independent fiduciary appointed for an abandoned New York City retirement plan.

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the Department of Labor (DOL) describes a conceptual framework of health plan features meant to help employers assess holistic...

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small plans must be given more latitude to mimic their larger counterparts if the nation is to adequately fund its retirement needs, says...

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor is presenting the “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcast series.

March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's (DOL) fee data proposal is a good idea, but with one possible difficulty, says Bruce Ashton, a partner in...

March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, threw its support behind expanded fiduciary...

March 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, LLC, alleging both age and disability discrimination.

March 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The St. Louis-based law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton filed a class action on behalf of participants in the retirement plans of...

March 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking public comments about a proposed revision to fee disclosure rules that would simplify the way fee...

March 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has dismissed claims of a participant in Suntrust Bank’s 401(k) plan that the company engaged in “corporate self-dealing” at...

March 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new online pension implementation tool kit has been released by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).

March 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is encouraging small employers that provide health insurance coverage to their employees to check out the Small Business...

March 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a final rule implementing changes to premium due dates and calculations.

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Current regulations and the current plan administration landscape make it more likely plan sponsors are complying with Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court found a registered investment adviser for two pension plans was not a fiduciary for those plans.

March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent court cases are not the first efforts to try to protect retirement assets for employees in plans that have been designated as...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking to recover pension plan assets on behalf of retirement plan participants of a construction company based...

March 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained authorization to appoint a new fiduciary for the retirement plan of a Syracuse, New York, construction...