Compliance

November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension plan insurer managed to trim its funding deficit for single-employer plans by nearly $2.5 billion over the past year.

November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer will release a final rule Tuesday dealing with releasing information about distress plan terminations.

November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday reinstated a pension fund lawsuit on Monday that accused The Hartford Financial Services Group of concealing kickbacks...

November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former communications company employee battling in support of his stock-drop lawsuit suffered his second major legal setback when a federal appellate court...

November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a final rule on November 17 to update its regulations under the 15-year-old Family and Medical...

November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-California), the senior Republican on the House Labor Committee, commended Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao for her...

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has found that a mutual fund company charged by a multi-employer plan of...

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the board of directors of The Employee Ownership Holding Co. of Stockton, California, and Fife, Washington,...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official who has become the tax agency's public face on the IRS 403(b) regulations is scheduled to appear...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A public fund trade group has posted a series of video files on the government's 403(b) regulations in light of the fast approaching...

November 12, 2008 (plansponsor.com) - A former benefits manager for Hitachi America, Ltd., was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities on charges he embezzled about $8 million from a...

November 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that a 401(k) plan sponsor did not engage in a prohibited...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Texas plan sponsors looking for some assistance in dealing with federal and state health laws can tune into a free webcast this week.

November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has cleared a paper company of wrongdoing in denying severance benefits of about $300,000 from a top hat plan...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Voters in Arizona, Florida, and California on November 4 agreed to state constitutional amendments to specify only marriage between a man and a...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Supplemental Final Rule that provides additional background and analysis for the department's No-Match Rule.

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Newark, Delaware, power company did not have to tell workers when it converted its defined benefit pension plan to a cash balance...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has decided that two former Boston Scientific Corp. employees who sold more company stock than they purchased did...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the lack of language in a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) assigning survivorship benefits to an ex-spouse...

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that John Hancock Life Insurance Co. cannot demand that a pension plan trustee suing it in...