Compliance

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorneys at the 2002 Annual Conference of the American Society of Pension Actuaries gave some practical tips for fiduciaries in complying with ERISA,...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with fresh accusations being leveled at the newly appointed federal accounting board chairman he backed, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US bankruptcy judge hearing WorldCom's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has green lighted a $25-million employee retention plan.

July 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has sued Local 19 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union and the trustees...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long line of cash balance pension plan supporters is testifying before the US House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee about the...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has staked its claim to joint jurisdiction over a bill in Congress to limit...

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former pilots of Trans World Airlines (TWA) believe they have been shortchanged on their pensions - and they have sued Carl Icahn, the...

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has opened the door a little wider for Pennsylvania workers seeking punitive damages in benefits lawsuits filed against their employer.

July 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled limits on medical malpractice wrongful death awards are constitutional.

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers belonging to ERISA-governed HMO plans can't file state-court lawsuits against their health maintenance organizations over rules that participants repay their health-care costs...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An alternative dispute resolution program at Halliburton Co. got a boost with a Texas Supreme Court decision affirming an employer's right to force...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has breathed new life into a legal battle by a former New Jersey emergency medical technician who claimed he...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision to throw out a suit by a Mississippi health-plan administrator demanding repayment from a...

July 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government regulators are apparently delving deeper into the use of revenue sharing arrangements by 401(k) plans.

March 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) recovery of $3 million from an employer on behalf of 800...

March 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Nebraska lighting company, which fired a bipolar employee by taping a note to the front door of his home, has settled a...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer's decision not to renew an employee's contract after the employee filed a claim for benefits was not an ERISA violation or...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to get Canadians to better plan for retirement, Canadian government officials have announced workers will be allowed to sock away...

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Gottesdiener Law Firm has asked the US Bankruptcy Court in New York to lift the automatic stay that has protected the company...

July 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors will not have to worry about increased disclosure requirements for some aspects of new pension plan disclosure rules on October 1.