Compliance

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two federal judges have approved an estimated $2.45 billion securities fraud settlement between Nortel Networks Corp. and its shareholders, with one judge calling...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York, who declared that Citigroup's cash balance plan was age discriminatory, has now given the go-ahead for the...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have turned to the public for comment on how to formulate guidance on "phased retirement" in-service plan distributions as provided for...

December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a worker does not have to be employed for 12 continuous months to be eligible for...

December 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A ruling by a circuit court judge in Kentucky said that the city of Lexington underfunded its police and firefighters' pension fund, which...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling ordering clarifications for administrative rules on benefits for same-sex partners of state...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas legislator has pre-filed a bill for the upcoming session of the state legislature restricting employers' rights to ban firearms from workplace...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday announced new rules governing how executive stock options are to be calculated in proxy reports that...

December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Facing a backlog of about 1,200 requests for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determination letters on cash balance conversions, the agency announced Thursday that...

December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 requires changes to individual benefit statements as well as new notices to participants regarding diversification...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has devoted a Web page to information relating to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), including links...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted summary judgment in favor of the administrator of an accidental death...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush signed on Wednesday the Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006, allowing for, among other things, rollovers from flexible...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL) September proposal governing qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) evoked applause from the retirement industry, but that approval was...

December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has turned aside constitutional objections by three fired employees who claimed their violation of a new dress code imposed...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction for conversion of plan assets under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has rejected nearly all of Marsh & McLennan Co.'s (MMC) efforts to...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have issued final regulations that provide guidance concerning prohibited allocations and disqualified person requirements under...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a dairy farm employee, who was injured after he deliberately put his foot under the...

December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A London employment appeals tribunal on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling that a former senior HSBC banker was not fired because he was...