Compliance

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Tim Hutchinson (R-Arkansas) has introduced a bill containing President Bush's proposals for pension protection - and a version of Representative John Boehner's...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron executives considered delaying the conversion of their 401(k) plan, but were concerned about the communication of the timing change and decided to...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a week already cluttered with legislative attempts to prevent another Enron, a Pennsylvania Congressman has joined the fray.

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following today's testimony from the Secretary of Labor, tomorrow a House Committee will begin to wade through the details of the Enron 401(k)...

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that would simplify the minimum distribution rules for qualified plans (incl. 403bs and 457s) and IRAs.

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators announced Wednesday they have adopted a new rule aimed at preventing investors from being misled by deceptive names of mutual...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers in North Carolina, fighting to have $151 million in withheld pension funds returned to them, have lost their appeal to the state...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer is moving to take over seven badly underfunded pension plans from National Steel Corp., which collectively represent a $1.1-billion...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Merck security investigator Michele Alifano won one significant legal battle and lost another one in her fight for workplace protections because of...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Southern California Gas Company employees filed a proposed class action lawsuit against their employer, claiming that the gas distributor required...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with self-directed brokerage accounts got a break when Department of Labor (DoL) officials said they could lump together assets held through...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Georgia court dismissed a case the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had brought against a man who bought VeriFone stock based on...

December 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Information copies of the new Form 5000 schedules and instructions were released today.

October 17, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch rejected a negligence claim by the UK pension fund of consumer giant Unilever, saying the fund knew it was buying an investment...

October 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a big setback to organized labor, the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee voted 11-10 in favor of the nomination of Eugene...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania judge has blocked the controversial sale of Hershey Foods, at least for the moment.

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent Senator is looking for a way to tap into 'excessive' compensation packages of top executives of companies that have filed for...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2.7 million-member Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) has demanded action from lawmakers and congressional candidates on hot-button retiree items such as a...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an age discrimination case, a US District Court has upheld a $3.9 million jury verdict and tacked on a further $2 million...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has passed a bill that would require states to abide by the Age Discrimination in...