Compliance

March 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who took a full distribution of her benefits from her ex-employer's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) no longer has the legal...

March 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A House panel in Montana rejected a proposal to create a 401(k)-like plan for new government employees and teachers, in which the state...

March 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor alleges in a suit that the administrator of two now-closed pension plans cost 141 plan participants a collective...

March 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trucking company did not violate a federal disability discrimination law by firing a trucker diagnosed with a condition that can cause a...

March 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees suing a Houston energy company over age discrimination allegations regarding its cash balance plan won one issue but lost another in a...

March 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey governor Jon Corzine signed into law last week a bill imposing mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of pensions and retirement benefits for...

March 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer has a message for potential investors in Northwest Airlines - know what you're getting into.

March 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan ruled that a brokerage firm that gave investment advice to a profit sharing...

March 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a worksheet that listed a benefit amount based on old plan terms does...

March 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a case involving a former ice cream store worker, who sued her former employer Oberweis...

March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago issued a final judgment of more than $1.1...

March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Judge Mark Fuller of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ruled in favor of a health plan administrator who...

March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed claims The Hershey Company wrongfully denied benefits to a former employee whom...

March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request by Xerox Corp. to review a case for which the company was found to have...

March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case brought by a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan who claimed his work environment at Jordan's...

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled oral promises of pension coverage later committed to paper were not enough to create a legal pension...

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that the provisions of a benefit plan summary plan description (SPD) are legally controlling if the SPD...

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that the provisions of a benefit plan summary plan description (SPD) are legally controlling if the SPD...

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by thousands of its female financial advisers, who claimed the firm paid its female...

March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a lower court ruling that found Union Pacific Railroad previously violated federal civil rights law by...