Compliance

July 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it will be issuing detailed guidance about the special funding rules for single-employer defined benefit plans in the...

July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A custodian that transferred retirement plan assets at the direction of plan trustees is not liable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Arizona, which bans gay marriage, has blocked a state law limiting state-provided health and accident insurance to spouses of...

July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A claim that Sovereign Bank breached fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when it seized an employer’s bank account which...

July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $20-million settlement of claims against Washington Mutual concerning its conversion to a cash balance...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is taking its “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” seminar to...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer’s cash balance plan did not cut older employees’ accrual rate because of age so it did not violate the Age Discrimination...

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has denied Nationwide Financial’s move to certify a class of counterclaim defendants in a suit in which it is accused...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The three-year statute of limitations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) kicks off only when someone suing under the law first...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Robert S. Caputo, his medical group, trustees of the group’s pension plan, the plan’s accounting firm,...

July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has agreed to allow a Florida-based self-storage company being sued for sexual harassment to have copies of two female plaintiffs’...

July 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that state courts can decide whether domestic relations orders (DRO) meet the requirements for being considered qualified...

July 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed two significant changes that may impact adviser/plan sponsor relationships.

 

July 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators have issued interim final regulations implementing the requirements regarding internal claims and appeals and external review processes for group health plans...

July 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a female lawyer's status as shareholder and director in a Pittsburgh law firm effectively made her...