Compliance

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer may be found in violation of Title VII...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case in which it was decided that salaried managers were owed overtime pay, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 401(k) participant now seeking Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection may only deduct the balance she owes on two plan loans from her bankruptcy...

April 15, 2008 ((b)lines) - A 403(b) plan sponsor says there seems to be one question about vendor consolidation that hasn't been clearly addressed in general IRS publications...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan company fighting to block a 401(k) distribution to the firm's former purchasing agent accused in a corporate embezzlement scheme has lost...

April 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - In July 2007, the IRS issued final regulations on tax-sheltered annuity plans under IRC §403(b) as the first comprehensive guidance for §403(b) plans...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the statute of limitations clock has not expired for defined benefit plan participants' assertions relating...

March 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension plan insurer has picked up another pension plan.

March 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey Supreme Court justices are considering whether a Smith Barney company stock policy in which brokers who leave the firm before two...

March 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has awarded the ex-wife of a pension plan trustee penalties of $50 per day for not being supplied with plan...

March 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have contended that fiduciaries may still be legally required to disclose plan fees such as revenue sharing even if such a...

March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Social Security Board of Trustees has released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds.

March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that a retirement and welfare plan committee can seek reimbursement of...

March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because 401(k) participants suing Kraft Foods Global Inc., over plan fees are relying on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for their...

March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that government entities cannot file racketeering lawsuits to recoup money spent to further a public policy objective.

March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee has ruled that the third-party administrator for a medical benefits plan was wrong...

March 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) announced it will publish a proposed regulation providing a model notice for use by multiemployer defined benefit...

March 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued Technical Update 08-2, which waives reporting under the PBGC's reportable events regulation of missed quarterly...

March 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a federal appeals court ruling that upholds an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) rule...

March 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Colorado has given participants challenging their employer's cash balance plan a chance to rewrite their lawsuit to better define...