Compliance

Compliance | May 24th, 2011

MO Funds’ Suit against State Street Moved to State Court

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has decided a suit by Missouri pension systems against State Street over losses from a particular investment belongs in...

Compliance | May 24th, 2011

EBSA Asks for Comments on ICR Extensions

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is soliciting comments on the proposed extension of three information collection requests (ICRs).

Compliance | May 20th, 2011

457(f) Plan Guidance Expected in 2011

May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A client alert from law firm Drinker Biddle says it appears that the IRS is getting ready to issue the long-anticipated regulations governing...

Compliance | May 20th, 2011

EBSA Announces VFCP Workshop

May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is hosting a workshop on how to correct certain fiduciary violations under the Employee...

Compliance | May 20th, 2011

HHS Issues Final Regs on Premium Increase Reviews

May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation to ensure that large health insurance premium increases will be thoroughly...

Compliance | May 19th, 2011

Retirement Plan Trustee not Responsible for Adviser Fraud

May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has ruled that UMB Bank is not responsible for losses to retirement plan accounts from investments directed by participants’...

Compliance | May 19th, 2011

Groups Urge Court to Review Kraft Fee Case Ruling

May 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and other groups are urging a federal appellate court to rehear a case for which it held that...

Compliance | May 18th, 2011

Legislation Aims to SEAL 401(k) “Leakage”

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to cut down on the “leakage” from defined contribution plans due...

Compliance | May 18th, 2011

Legislation Addresses Retirement Plan Leakage

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers will be limited in tapping their 401(k) retirement plans for loans under legislation introduced by Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Mike Enzi...

Compliance | May 18th, 2011

Duke Energy Settles Cash Balance Suit for $30M

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in South Carolina has approved a $30 million settlement of a lawsuit against Duke Energy over its conversion to a...

Compliance | May 16th, 2011

Supreme Court Sends Back Cash Balance Notice Decision

May 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has sent back for further proceedings a lower court decision that ordered CIGNA Corp. to reform its cash balance...

Compliance | May 16th, 2011

HHS Grants PPACA Waivers to 221 More Plans, Two States

May 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Obama Administration has approved another 221 one-year waivers from the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Compliance | May 15th, 2011

IRS Announces HSA Limits for 2012

May 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2012 inflation adjusted deduction limitations for annual contributions made to a health savings account (HSA) under...

Compliance | May 13th, 2011

Bill Would Help Pilots Get More PBGC Benefits

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) and Congressman George Miller (D-California) have introduced the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act.

Compliance | May 13th, 2011

Benefits Committee Can be Sued for Benefits Misrepresentation

May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Mars, Inc. retiree can pursue fiduciary breach claims against the Mars Benefit Plans Committee, but not against the company, for misrepresenting the...

Compliance | May 11th, 2011

Cuban Former Wal-Mart Employees Can Sue over Bias

May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warehouse workers of Cuban origin may pursue a lawsuit accusing the retailer of discrimination and retaliation.

Compliance | May 11th, 2011

PBGC Negotiates Pension Funding for EGS Electrical Group Plan

May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced an agreement with EGS Electrical Group, LLC to improve funding for a pension plan covering more than...

Compliance | May 10th, 2011

Whistleblower Need not Contact SEC Directly to Claim Protections

May 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that a whistleblower need not personally contact the Securities and...

Compliance | May 9th, 2011

VT Lawmakers Approve Tax Conformity to PPACA

May 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vermont lawmakers have approved a bill that would enable employers to offer coverage to employees’ adult children up to age 26 without the...

Compliance | May 6th, 2011

Groups Urge Legislators not to Disrupt Public Pension Oversight

May 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Organizations testifying before a U.S. House panel contended that public pensions are faring better than recent reports say, and that current transparency measures...

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