Compliance

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health benefit plans in North Carolina must now disclose to contract providers their fee and claims submission schedules and reimbursement policies before implementation.

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has approved a temporary lower funding requirement for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union-Pacific Maritime Association's (ILWU-PMA)...

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has taken Rite Aid Pharmacy to court, alleging that the pharmacy chain fired a Delaware pharmacy technician for asking...

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASD has proposed a rule that would require disclosure of more information about compensation paid for the sale of mutual fund shares...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As lawmakers continue discussions about forcing employers to equalize coverage for health problems with that offered for mental problems, Minnesota's high court ruled...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A handful of states still have not conformed to the retirement savings provisions of President Bush's Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health plan sponsor's decision to refuse payment of medical expenses incurred as a result of a participant's drug overdose was not arbitrary...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) provides no remedy for a pension fund attempting to recover proceeds of a loan granted to...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas state appeals court ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas is not a charity whose assets should benefit all state...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the preliminary nod to proposed rule changes giving shareholders better information on how to nominate...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have rubber stamped the now-widespread practice of allowing patients an independent review of a health maintenance organization's decision that...

May 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A rising number of complaints of employment discrimination by Muslims and Arab-Americans since September 11 has prompted a response from the Equal Employment...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the Southern District Court of New York has given preliminary approval to a settlement in a class-action suit involving...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2003-57, which provides a bit of report relief for taxpayers with interests in certain Canadian...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan administrator's determination that a disabled participant could not receive benefits until the age of 65 was not "downright unreasonable."

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA preempts a terminally ill long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan participant's action seeking punitive damages under Montana law.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled against Xerox in a case involving the calculation of retiree benefits from its cash balance plan.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The right of a participant's former spouse under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) to retirement plan benefits takes priority over a federal...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA does not completely preempt a plan sponsor's breach of contract claims against a health maintenance organization (HMO).

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has okayed the punitive damages awarded in a reverse sex discrimination case against the University of Pennsylvania filed by...