Compliance

February 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A ruling that Abbot Laboratories' decision to spin off its hospital division was not motivated by pension benefits has been upheld by a...

February 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools estimates more than 90,000 charter school employees will be impacted by the Internal Revenue Service’s proposal...

February 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Members of the retirement plan community were mostly positive about the final rule on 408(b)(2) fee disclosure regulations.

February 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) interim report of responses from its 401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire offers a view of the 401(k) plan design...

February 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Josh Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), told a House subcommittee Thursday that the combination of living longer, the economy,...

February 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Josh Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), told a House subcommittee Thursday that the combination of living longer, the economy,...

February 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service issued two pieces of guidance to clarify how certain rules apply when a retirement plan offers an annuity to...

February 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Treasury Department announced proposals designed to reduce regulatory burdens and make it easier for retirees to choose to receive their benefits as...

February 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen A. Trutanich filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Northern Trust, alleging the company squandered city pension assets by placing...

February 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued a final rule on 408(b)(2) fee disclosure Thursday. 

February 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance about whether individuals who are eligible for services at an Indian Health Services (IHS) facility are also...

January 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eleven state attorneys general have again filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in...

January 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court dismissed a claim that Wal-Mart Stores breached its fiduciary duties in underpaying retirement plan contributions based on wages that were...

January 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found no proof that Duke Energy interfered with the early retirement benefits of a laid...

January 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Industry groups sent a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service to support the inclusion of 403(b) plans in the prototype program for...

January 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Obama administration is giving certain religious employers more time to comply with a health insurance contraception rule.

January 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal a voluntary long-term care insurance program.

January 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal a voluntary long-term care insurance program.

January 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found that a profit sharing plan must pay back over $1 million in assets wrongly transferred from a...

January 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – During a workshop at the National Tax-Sheltered Accounts Association (NTSAA) latest 403(b) Compliance Resolution Summit, industry representatives identified fee disclosure issues unique to...