Compliance

July 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who was accused of fraudulently arranging for an $18,000 401(k) plan distribution from a co-worker's account and then cashing the check...

July 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new lawsuit alleging AK Steel Corp. violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by failing to use a "whipsaw" calculation in...

July 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has turned aside legislation that would have given employees hurt on the job three years rather than 24 months...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Applying a recent U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with disputed benefits payouts, a federal judge in Michigan has ruled that a life insurance...

July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers would face tougher mandates to provide advance notice of pending large-scale layoffs and face tougher sanctions for non-compliance under a new legislative...

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The City of Philadelphia has agreed to a $275,000 out-of-court settlement to a 2007 lawsuit filed by five white firefighters who alleged they...

July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers would have to offer health insurance coverage to employees or be assessed a penalty under a revamped health care reform bill put...

July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices have agreed to consider an appeal of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violations case involving the method...

July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anheuser-Busch has been hit with a federal court lawsuit alleging the beermaker and a trustee improperly designated an overly risky qualified default investment...

July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The newest U.S. Senator - Democrat Al Franken of Minnesota - will help ponder significant reforms in both the pension and health care...

July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on Wednesday to propose sweeping new disclosure rules about a company's leadership and compensation practices.

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case that could impact employment practices around the country, a divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declared that the city of...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has posted on its Web site the archived Webcast of the June 18,...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued an exposure draft of a proposed statement that addresses issues related to the use of...

June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is taking its compliance seminar series to Atlanta.

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D - Montana) said in a statement that the Congressional Budget Office told his committee its health...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has agreed with Citigroup's decision not to continue COBRA medical coverage for...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a district court's decision denying class certification and granting summary judgment to Flowserve Corporation...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court decision supporting a Tulsa, Oklahoma, convenience store chain's decision to fire its real estate...

June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with pressure to take another look at its February 2009 decision in a widely watched 401(k) excessive fee case, a federal appellate...