Compliance

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court recently issued two rulings in stock-drop cases that a law firm client alert said are important for potential employer...

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled for the first time that the Ledbetter Act’s paycheck rule does not apply to pension payments.

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The federal judge in Florida hearing the health care reform challenge involving a cadre of states has declared the law unconstitutional because it...

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has introduced two bills to repeal the two main pillars of the health care reform law – the individual...

January 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has determined that an employer was not responsible for providing a COBRA election notice to a former employee when a...

January 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former salesman for a Utah motivational coaching business has won the right to pursue his lawsuit against his former employer over allegations...

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee conducted its first health care reform hearing in Washington, D.C., hearing testimony from economists and small...

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With a companion U.S. House bill already having been approved, a U.S. senator has introduced a health care reform repeal measure in that...

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would limit damages in medical malpractice cases, a move many say would lower health care...

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania has given his stamp of approval to a $5-million settlement of a Comcast Corp. stock drop class action...

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania couple has legal standing to challenge the health care reform law because they can't afford...

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A coalition of U.S. Senators has introduced  a bill throwing out the controversial Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 filing requirement in the health reform...

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State lawmakers in Georgia have filed legislation seeking to ban illegal immigrants from collecting workers' compensation benefits for on-the-job injuries.

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SEC unanimously proposed that advisers to hedge funds and other private funds report key information to regulators.

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved shareholder say-on-pay rules as required by the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill.

January 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that it can be appropriate for a class of defined contribution plan participants to sue for relief...

January 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A man who said he was fired because his then-fiance complained about sexual discrimination at the same company can pursue his retaliation lawsuit,...

January 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New Jersey state court judge has turned aside a public employee union effort to throw out new employee pension changes the state...

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Oklahoma made it official today, becoming the 28^th state to challenge the constitutionality of the health care reform legislation. 

 

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Next week Congress will take a look at the impact of the health care reform legislation on business and hiring.