Compliance

August 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal agents have arrested a New Jersey man on charges he embezzled $263,000 from his company’s pension fund.

August 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – General Dynamics Corporation and Fiduciary Asset Management (FAMCO) have agreed to a $15.1-million settlement of a 401(k) excessive fee lawsuit.

August 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Supreme Court has handed employers a legal setback by ruling that Golden State judges can consider comments made by non-corporate decisionmakers...

August 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in New York has certified as a class action a lawsuit over J.P. Morgan Chase’s investment in structured investment vehicle...

August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Department of the Treasury have announced a joint public hearing...

August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A key issue in coming months is whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) exempts small defined contribution plans from its proposed rule...

August 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Alameda County, California, jury has rejected the sexual harassment and wrongful termination claims a paralegal made against her former boss, and has...

August 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Paychex Inc. may have been able to influence a 401(k) plan’s investment lineup, but the employer still made the ultimate decision about which...

August 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled that a divorce decree naming a couple’s child as sole beneficiary of...

August 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court has rejected much of San Francisco's legal justification for the continuing use of minority preferences in public contracting.

August 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Connecticut Supreme Court has blocked a move by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to publicize confidential subpoenaed business documents from a Florida...

August 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – What changes can plan sponsors and advisers look for from the government soon?

August 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has launched an online index for locating individual exemptions granted under the Employee...

August 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A provision in Monsanto Co.'s cash balance pension plan that cut off interest credits once participants reached age 55 did not discriminate against...

July 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the passage of health care reform, the Labor Department wants to take another look at proposed regulations on welfare...