Compliance

November 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Polyester plant retirees were hit with a legal defeat as a federal judge in Ohio threw out their class action lawsuit alleging their...

November 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of a federal jury in Atlanta said in post-trial interviews that they found virtually no evidence that former anchor Marina Kolbe had...

November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials on Tuesday released the latest per-mile allowance (50.5 cents) for business mileage reimbursement for 2008.

November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that a former Watson Wyatt & Co. employee can recover $14,223 in retirement plan losses stemming from...

November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has issued Revenue Procedure 2007-71 which provides model plan language that may be used by public schools either to adopt a...

November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Monday in a case that could help define the scope of participant fiduciary breach lawsuits.

November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a case concerning whether an employer interfered with an employee's retirement plan benefits rights when...

November 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has ordered Citigroup to increase the payment credits in its cash balance plan to comply with minimum...

November 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush Administration has asked a federal judge to freeze legal proceedings over the controversial "no match" letter program while the rules that...

November 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Supreme Court review of an Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) case against Sprint could have implications beyond the ADEA.

November 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors (and other "pension professionals") looking for some insights on the Pension Protection Act can now get some straight from the "horse's...

November 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that former American Family Insurance Group workers who claim they were coerced to take lump sum...

November 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The nation's high court has agreed to hear a case involving a California law that bars employers from using state funds to keep...

November 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A unit of the U.S. Labor Department says it obtained 16 indictments and five convictions of union officers and employees that have embezzled...

November 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued a new statement that requires endowments to report their real estate investments at fair value.

November 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced a proposed amendment to an existing class exemption that would expand...

November 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2007-71 providing the table of covered compensation for the 2008 year for use in determining...

Here's an interesting case study from our friends at Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen: "Recently, a 401(k) plan trustee requested our advice regarding a failure of the plan...

November 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's Pensions Regulator has issued a supplementary e-learning module, published as an additional learning tool to help trustees understand the "winding up"...

November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor announced a settlement requiring Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (ULLICO) of Washington, D.C., to pay back nearly $16.7...