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Compliance | July 29th, 2011

PBGC Takes on Pensions of Alabama Aircraft Industries

July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will pay the retirement benefits of more than 3,000 workers and retirees of the bankrupt airplane maintenance firm,...

Compliance | July 28th, 2011

ASPPA Clarifies Stance of Definition of Fiduciary Proposal

July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In light of recent statements regarding its position on the proposed definition of fiduciary regulation, the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries...

Compliance | July 28th, 2011

Law Center Takes Health Care Challenge to Supreme Court

July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Thomas More Law Center announced it has filed a petition in the U. S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review...

Compliance | July 28th, 2011

Denial of Federal Benefits for Same-Sex Couple Ruled Unlawful

July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has ruled that the denial of health care benefits to the same-sex partner of a U.S. District of Oregon court...

Compliance | July 28th, 2011

Court Upholds Decision to Terminate LTD Benefits

July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has ruled that a plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in finding that an employee diagnosed with carpal...

Compliance | July 27th, 2011

Court Finds for Whirlpool in Retiree Benefits Suit

July 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has ruled in favor of Whirlpool in a lawsuit over modifying retiree medical benefits.

Compliance | July 26th, 2011

Attorneys Support New Proposal for Fiduciary Definition Change

July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Legislators have suggested that the U.S. Department of Labor re-propose its change to the definition of fiduciary and include more economic analysis.

Compliance | July 26th, 2011

Borzi Makes Case for Fiduciary Definition Change

July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, told legislators it is imperative that good, impartial investment advice be accessible...

Compliance | July 26th, 2011

ASPPA Supports Treasury’s Plan for Reducing Regulatory Burdens

July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter commenting on the Department of the Treasury’s Preliminary Plan for Retroactive Analysis of Existing Rules, the American Society of Pension...

Compliance | July 26th, 2011

ASPPA Urges Relief for 403(b)s Falling out of ERISA Safe Harbor

July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of new Internal Revenue Service 403(b) regulations many organizations, acting in good faith, adopted practices or took actions which now...

Compliance | July 22nd, 2011

Court Finds Voicemail Adequate Notification of Work-Related Injury

July 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an injured worker’s voicemail and other communications showed that she adequately notified her employer of her...

Compliance | July 21st, 2011

ASPPA Speaks out against Retirement Measures in Budget Proposal

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brian H. Graff, executive director and CEO of The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has responded to the budget proposal...

Compliance | July 21st, 2011

Senator Introduces Parental Bereavement Act

July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana) has introduced a bill that would allow parents grieving the death of a child to receive up to 12...

Compliance | July 20th, 2011

Pension Rights Center Urges Support for Change to Fiduciary Definition

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a letter to Congress, the Pension Rights Center urged legislators to support the Department of Labor’s proposed regulation defining the term "fiduciary”...

Compliance | July 20th, 2011

5th Circuit Affirms Decision in Continental Sham Divorces Case

July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has agreed with a district court’s holding that the subsection of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) dealing...

Compliance | July 19th, 2011

No More Reporting Relief for 403(b)s?

July 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a live Web chat with Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, an...

Compliance | July 18th, 2011

Court Rebuffs Summary Judgment Request in Revenue-Sharing Suit

July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has denied summary judgment for Kraft in an excessive fee suit.

Compliance | July 15th, 2011

Another 39 Mini-Meds Granted PPACA Waivers

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Obama Administration has approved another 39 one-year waivers from the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Compliance | July 15th, 2011

Borzi Chats about Upcoming Definition of Fiduciary Rule

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is working to finalize its proposed amendment of circumstances under which a person will...

Compliance | July 15th, 2011

Groups Offer Input on Treatment of 403(b) Custodial Accounts upon Plan Termination

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and National Tax Sheltered Accounts Association (NTSAA) have offered input regarding the termination of a...