Compliance

April 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Nebraska federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit representing about 400 current and former Union Pacific Railroad workers who...

April 6,2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AT&T has been cleared of violating its fiduciary duty by a federal appeals court in a case involving former employees who felt they were...

April 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California state appeals judges have turned away a challenge to a recent ruling upholding the Golden State's expansion of domestic partnership rights.

April 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators unanimously voted Wednesday to allow Wall Street investment brokers to keep hawking investment advice without having to become registered investment...

April 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $45 billion to $50 billion collective pension underfunding in the US auto industry could very well be the next ticking time bomb...

April 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees in an employer-provided Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) where the employer reimburses workers for certain medical expenses don't have to count the reimbursement...

April 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced that it has expanded and simplified the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program.

April 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ruling in a case involving an Arkansas couple who had rolled over pension distributions into an individual retirement account (IRA), a unanimous US...

April 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASD is recommending that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandate Web-based disclosure of mutual fund point of sale information through a...

April 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent judgement in a case brought against a New York union for illegal use...

April 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published two guidance documents reflecting recent changes to certain defined contribution plans as well as to certain...

February 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US House Republicans are trying one more time to push a sweeping pension reform bill through Congress with the GOP controlling both sides...

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Bear Stearns senior managing director suffering from heart disease and extreme anxiety over additional cardiac problems is not entitled to continuing long-term...

January 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers reporting wrongdoing to Congress may now be afforded greater protection, after the US Department of Labor (DoL) changed its interpretation of a...

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is moving to take over the underfunded pension plan sponsored by Liam Ventures Inc., a privately owned...

January 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to float a proposal to establish a self-regulatory body to oversee the US mutual...

April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that only "substantial" compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is needed in order to...

January 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Garden State employers can rely on subjective criteria to fire a worker unless the employee's contract specifies otherwise, the New Jersey Supreme Court...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an interesting twist in the same-sex marriage debate, a Connecticut couple filing for an annulment of their civil marriage have been told...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has blocked a federal agency from implementing a controversial rule allowing employers to cut back or eliminate retiree health benefits...