Compliance

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of nearly 100 law firms has once again asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to push back the deadline to bring...

September 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation passed in a Senate committee on Friday threatens to take back some of the relief given to some companies, such as American...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed the Mental Health Parity Act, which requires health plan sponsors to offer similar coverage for mental...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of Tennessee Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a truck driver who suffered a heart attack after being robbed...

September 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden has put forth his plan to help American's save for retirement.

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Wednesday it will temporarily stop taking applications from pre-approved defined contribution plans for determination letters on...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some highly paid former employees of bankrupt American Home Mortgage are fighting the company's attempt to seize millions they set aside in a...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that an employee who chose to work a light duty...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 401(k) fee disclosure legislation pending in Congress is too burdensome on plan sponsors and plan providers and will have a detrimental effect...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a case brought against the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by institutional investors who...

September 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With one eye cast toward a landmark federal appellate decision declaring that cash balance plans were not age discriminatory, a district court judge...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi recently affirmed a denial of benefits by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over the 47% funded pension plan of the West Virginia -based Union Stamping & Assembly...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sweeping ruling that sets out a new framework for how judges should decide such cases, a federal appellate court has thrown...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has instituted management improvements in recent years, it has a ways...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has instituted management improvements in recent years, it has a ways...

September 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama assessed a civil penalty of $179,960 against a doctor whom it determined never...

September 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Investment Company Institute (ICI), a mutual fund trade group, has asked the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to...

September 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - New York state authorities have expanded the Empire State's policy of giving benefits to same-sex partners of government workers married in Canada to...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law legislation that protects working mothers' ability to continue providing breast milk to their infants...