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Compliance | May 28th, 2010

House Passes Fee Disclosure and Pension Funding Relief Bill

May 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that provides for defined contribution plan fee disclosure and temporarily eases pension funding requirements.

Compliance | May 28th, 2010

Pension Fund Sues over SecLending Investments

May 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Winery Workers' Pension Trust Fund has sued Union Bank over allegations the bank violated the fund’s investment guidelines as part of...

Compliance | May 28th, 2010

Professor’s COBRA Denial Suit Thrown Out

May 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has cleared a Williamstown, Massachusetts, college of wrongdoing in connection with allegations from a former instructor that he was improperly...

Compliance | May 26th, 2010

DoL Announces Two More Fiduciary Seminars

May 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced two upcoming dates for its Getting It Right…Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities seminar.

Compliance | May 26th, 2010

PBGC Divides Pension Plan to Delay Solvency

May 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced the Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union (Independent) Pension Fund has been divided into...

Compliance | May 25th, 2010

PBGC Lends Help to Two Multiemployer Pension Plans

May 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has begun to send financial assistance to two insolvent pension plans covered by its multiemployer insurance program.

Compliance | May 25th, 2010

ESOP Trustee Cleared of ERISA Wrongdoing

May 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The trustee of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) acted in good faith when it determined the fair market value of company stock, so...

Compliance | May 24th, 2010

HSA Limits Stay the Same for 2011

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has announced that 2011 inflation adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) as determined under § 223 of the...

Compliance | May 24th, 2010

U.S. High Court Sets New ERISA Attorneys’ Fees Standard

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set a new standard for litigants suing under Section 502(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

Compliance | May 24th, 2010

First Amendment Trumps Workplace Issues

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When the First Amendment collides with employees’ right to a non-harassing workplace, the free speech issue has to be given more weight, a...

Compliance | May 24th, 2010

Fee Disclosure Rides Along with Pension Relief

May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apparently there’s more than pension fixes tucked away in that new jobs bill moving through the U.S. Congress.

Compliance | May 21st, 2010

MI Pension Bill Inked by Granholm

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed into law legislation that reforms the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System (MPSERS).

Compliance | May 21st, 2010

IRS Provides 401(k) Questionnaire Details

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said a random sample of 1,200 401(k) sponsors this week will be notified that they have been selected...

Compliance | May 20th, 2010

6th Circuit Permits Pension Estoppel Cases

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that a pension participant can raise the legal issue of equitable estoppel when suing plan administrators and...

Compliance | May 19th, 2010

Report Discusses the Legal Challenges to Health Care Reform

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Congressional Research Service report discusses the arguments courts will face in hearing the challenges to the new health care law.

Compliance | May 19th, 2010

Employer not Required to do Emergency Withdrawal Disclosure

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Bank of America Corp. (BofA) was under no obligation to provide detailed disclosures about its 401(k) Restoration Plan emergency withdrawals.

Compliance | May 19th, 2010

DoL Repeats Safe Harbor Protection Argument

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has once again contended that safe harbor status does not shield fiduciaries from liability for imprudent plan...

Compliance | May 19th, 2010

Pension Amendment Not ADEA Violation

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that differences in pension benefits between younger and older workers stemming from a plan amendment did not...

Compliance | May 18th, 2010

Corporate Officers Open to CT Injury Lawsuits

May 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Connecticut state appellate court has reinstated a slip-and-fall lawsuit against the individual corporate officers of an injured woman's employer.

Compliance | May 18th, 2010

IRS Issues Final Regs on Diversification Requirements for Company Stock

May 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service is issuing final regulations under section 401(a)(35) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) relating to diversification requirements for certain...