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Critics Challenge COLI Legislation

May 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Washington seems to be ready to charge ahead with legislation that would bar employers from taking out Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI)...
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Bear Stearns Suit Enters Bankruptcy Court

April 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit against Bear Stearns is fuelling the debate over how much responsibility a prime broker should bear regarding the fraudulent conduct of...
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EEOC Files Suit against Northwest Airlines

April 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a suit against Northwest Airlines for allegedly refusing to fill ground job vacancies with disabled...
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Court: Settlement Order is a QDRO

February 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a 1983 state court divorce settlement naming a General Electric employee's daughters as beneficiaries qualifies as...
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AARP Joins T.V. Writers Bias Suit

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Foundation has teamed with a group of television writers in a class action age-bias lawsuit against TV networks,...
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Patient's Rights Case Pending

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tomorrow the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will clarify whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pre-empts...
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High Court Boosts EEOC's Power

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can still get workers back pay or other benefits from their employer - even if the...
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ERISA Interest Suit Back on Track

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An accounting company worker was right to go after ERISA-required interest on delayed disability payments, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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IRS Issues "Deemed IRA" Guidance

January 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who want to add a "deemed IRA" to their pension plans under an EGTRRA provision now have official guidance on how...
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ESOP Consultant Not an ERISA Fiduciary

January 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A financial consultant that appraised the company stock of an Illinois direct marketing firm can't be held responsible for the firm's ESOP losses...