Compliance

September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Delaware federal judge has thrown out part of a lawsuit filed by a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals employee over a required health coverage...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A West Virginia federal judge has awarded a dead participant's ex-wife benefits even though the couple's qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) was not...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hurricane Katrina has caused a delay in the issuance of the second round of guidance under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code,...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS have issued guidance on helping Hurricane Katrina victims obtain distributions and...

September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government would subsidize group health insurance premiums of plans sponsored by employers in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina under a measure...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal appellate judges have turned aside an appeal in a challenge to regulators' rule mandating more independence among mutual fund directors.

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Azon Corp. has agreed to a settlement of $9.35 million for employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) benefits to participants who say the company...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has rejected arguments from a retired American Airlines pilot that it wasn't fair for the company to partially suspend his...

September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that a retirement plan administrator breached its fiduciary duty by paying...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a long-term disability plan administrator could reasonably decide that a participant's bipolar...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to the one year extension to the internal-controls rule granted in March, the SEC plans to grant small businesses another year-long...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two influential US Senators are pressing forward with a sweeping tax relief package aimed at Katrina storm victims that includes waiving the normal...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maryland's Supreme Court ruled that an illegal alien injured on the job is deemed a covered employee eligible for workers compensation benefits under...

September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to the spike in gas prices, the Internal Revenue Service has increased the optional standard mileage rates to 48.5 cents per...

September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A court ruling in a case involving company stock in the K plan of JPMorgan Chase has brought to the forefront a key...

September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a man's disability benefits are not pension benefits his ex-wife is entitled to per their property settlement.

September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK employers will have to have an actuarial study done of their retirement plans to verify any extra contributions made since the plan's...

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A legislative proposal okayed Thursday by a US Senate panel would allow the nation's private-sector pension insurer to negotiate a pension liability payment...

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court judge for the District of Maine has ruled that Bowater Inc. is only liable to retirees for the health...

September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recently approved California statewide ballot initiate may have cleared the way for citizens to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but that doesn't...