Compliance

July 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A finance professor retained by a pension fund as an expert in its company stock suit against Coca-Cola Co. has determined that shareholders...

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation was introduced in the Senate last week to create a program that would provide workers with eight weeks of paid leave for...

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation was introduced in the Senate last week to create a program that would provide workers with eight weeks of paid leave for...

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked a state agency from looking into whether an employer ran afoul of state anti-discrimination law by...

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked a state agency from looking into whether an employer ran afoul of state anti-discrimination law by...

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge has agreed that an excessive fee suit against Exelon Corp. can move forward as a class action.

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A suit alleging a company violated federal laws by firing an employee shortly before he became eligible for increased retirement payments has survived...

June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - An Iowa Democrat has proposed U.S. companies with deferred compensation programs be forced to also provide other workers with a defined benefit plan.

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for the underfunded pension plan covering about 1,500 employees and retirees of bankrupt textile...

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge in Quincy, Massachusetts, has ruled the Quincy Retirement Board did not violate the U.S. Constitution when it forfeited pension...

June 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a report from the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities that includes recommendations...

June 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Monday the Supreme Court put off deciding on a case that asks whether Enron shareholders can pursue a lawsuit against Wall Street...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Law firms have announced investigations into possible fiduciary breaches under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) involving the administration of retirement plans...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker who cursed at his boss over a disputed work assignment, and was fired...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that a deceased retirement plan participant's ex-wife should get surviving spouse benefits although the participant had...

June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Efforts to battle plan sponsors and providers over retirement plan fees have been dealt a major legal setback with a ruling by a...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced it is expanding its outreach effort to ensure that public schools throughout the United States are...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill recently signed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and scheduled to take effect January 1, 2008 requires employers with at least 25...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill recently signed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and scheduled to take effect January 1, 2008 requires employers with at least 25...

June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the state of Washington has overturned a decision by an accidental death and dismemberment plan administrator to deny benefits...