Compliance

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Appeals judges have thrown out a lower court ruling in a retiree lawsuit over whether a summary plan description (SPD) guaranteed life insurance...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proposed regulations released with the intent of clarifying the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (USERRA) have made it clear...

September 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has approved an amendment to the Treasury Department's funding bill for the third time that would prevent it...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) has proposed regulations that would clarify the existing Uniformed Services Employment and...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer released Technical Update 04-4 to offer guidance on whether a plan administrator of an underfunded single-employer defined benefit...

September 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Indiana federal court has ruled that it has jurisdiction over a resident's claim that his Florida-based employer fired him in an effort...

September 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of endowments and foundations that invest in hedge funds support the proposed regulation by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) that...

September 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has reached a partial settlement with current and former employees over its pension plan.

September 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Mississippi federal judge has given the green light for relatives of six slain Lockeed Martin employees to move forward with their damage...

September 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An alternative investments trade group is pushing the notion that new US hedge fund registration rules not apply to advisors already regulated in...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has dismissed a case against International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) that accused the company of breaching its fiduciary duties in...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that even when there is no obvious financial conflict of interest, a "moderately heightened"...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has awarded participants in an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) $7.75 million in damages after finding that the plan's trustee...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite an embarrassing loss in the House in their attempt to block an amendment that would bar the Department of Labor (DoL) from...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report is estimating that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will run out of funds by 2020 if current financial conditions...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation says it will guarantee the basic pension benefits of airline workers from US Airways and United Air Lines...

September 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Salt Lake City, Utah - There's no relief at hand for a major sticking point for Section 457 governmental plan sponsors, but there may...

September 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is asking for comment on a proposed plan to establish a system of staggered remedial amendment cycles for...

September 10, 2004 (PLANPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service, in Notice 2004-50 has corrected previous guidance handed down on Health Savings Account (HSA) ineligibility.

September 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has thrown out a widely followed lower court ruling allowing a benefits lawsuit to include a claim under Pennsylvania's...