Compliance

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has delayed the effective date of its final rules on providing retirement plan participant investment advice.

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a fiduciary breach suit by a trustee of a Virginia tractor sales and services company's 401(k)...

March 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has released model notices Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis says will "enable employers to quickly spell out...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2009-22, which provides interim rules regarding asset valuation methods that are permitted to be used by...

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's been a lot of talk of late about so-called "Ponzi schemes", like the $50 billion one perpetrated on investors by Bernie Madoff.

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho has found that a release and waiver signed by former service station employees may...

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York lawmaker asserted at a recent U.S. House subcommittee meeting that a bill allowing state and local governments to sell off...

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out most of the fiduciary breach claims in a suit involving allegations State Street Bank & Trust Co....

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has ruled that a former Wells Fargo employee who took a distribution of her...

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an accidental death plan's decision, and a lower court's ruling, that a plan participant...

Seeking Form 5500 Schedule C Suggestions Nevin E. Adams

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recently enacted stimulus bill contains a number of significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that will affect...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors has amended Regulation Z to exempt most retirement plan loans from the disclosure requirement of the...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) said Friday it will publish a final rule that amends its regulation on Annual Financial and Actuarial...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rhode Island state House study commission has endorsed the building blocks for a new and less expensive retirement package for state employees...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it will assume responsibility for four pension plans covering about 4,500 workers and retirees of Intermet...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington state Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 5688, a measure that would expand the rights and responsibilities of domestic partners who...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 26 comment letters the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) received when it recently gave the public until last week to comment on...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tacked onto a U.S. House bill aimed at regulating tobacco products is legislation to make changes to the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) announced Wednesday that the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs, will take up comprehensive health care reform legislation...