Compliance

March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's highest court has put the brakes on same-sex marriages being conducted in San Francisco pending further legal review of the issue.

December 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Court of Appeals has rejected the claims of two former AirTouch Communications Inc employees seeking an acceleration of stock option vesting...

December 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan revision that excludes certain retirees from a potential increase is invalid due to its adoption outside the employer's own plan...

November 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that severance agreements cannot prevent employees from seeking state unemployment compensation, according to a story...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court in Maine has put the brakes on sweeping prescription drug legislation in the state, a decision applauded by a pharmaceutical...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As April 15 looms only a month away, US Senate and House of Representative delegates have begun writing compromise legislation to replace the...

March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new proposal by federal regulators designed to help curb abusive mutual fund trading would give investors detailed data about the managers of...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering alternatives to the agency's proposed 4 p.m. "hard close" rule aimed at ending illegal...

March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A dearth of electronic Form 5500 filings has federal regulators scratching their heads and asking plan sponsors for constructive feedback.

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A company which forfeited an unvested worker's stock purchase plan account didn't violate a Washington state law prohibiting employers from taking a "rebate"...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former housekeeping manager for a Miami luxury cruise line who claimed she can't work because of a herniated disc suffered when lifting...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by a Sears Home Improvement Products employee against his employer for not granting leave to visit his dying father and for...

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Albertson's grocery store chain must provide contraceptive coverage for all women as part of the chain's prescription drug employee health benefit.

March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation was introduced in the US House of Representatives to allow health savings account (HSA) holders to deduct premiums required under their high...

March 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided flexibility to non-qualified annuity policyholders taking distributions under age 59½.

August 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has drawn a line around the use of workers in anti-union campaigns.

August 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may find themselves confronted with contracts that seek to limit vendor liability - but that won't provide a shield for employers...

August 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It doesn't matter that Anthony Kiniry's stock options were awarded by a new employer after his wife Deirdre Ann filed for divorce -...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The legal battle to recover the millions of dollars lost by mostly union pension and benefit funds through alleged fraud by Capital Consultants,...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Xerox Corporation was under no obligation, in terms of ERISA, to allow rehired workers to buy back into the company's pension plan, a...