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August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the District of Maryland decided that it was the proper venue for an ERISA case...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) office has published a proposed regulation requiring plans to file the Form...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ten writers and editors for seven reality TV shows have sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and Rocket Science Laboratories for denying them meal breaks...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds had net inflows of $16 billion in July, with International/Global funds taking in the most dollars ($7.3 billion), according...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you are looking for the most generous employee benefit package, you had better start with the government, education, and nonprofit sectors, a...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's (DoL's) Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update the Form LM-30,...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk, a defined contribution plan communications provider, has announced new services to educate and assist plan sponsors and participants regarding the Roth 401(k).

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of New York (BoNY) has enhanced the accounting and performance reporting capabilities of its Internet-based information delivery and transaction platform for institutional...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group (PFG) has introduced Principal Work Secure, a worksite benefits enrollment assistance program.

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued new guidance on how it would handle consideration of remedial amendments for individually-designed and pre-approved qualified...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has slapped a Puerto Rican company with a $2,500 fine for delaying its response to an employee's inquiry about the...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) offers no legal remedy to...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and the IRS have issued final regulations completing a two year project to stop abusive transactions involving section 412(i) plans...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled for an employee who claims she was retaliated against by her employer after she...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing a Chandler, Arizona based supermarket company for discrimination due to its hiring practices at...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling in a case where a former General Motors Corp. (GM)...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tom's Foods, currently in bankruptcy court, has filed an application with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to stop benefit accruals for its pension...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court have ruled that a lawsuit by four retirees over the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive (TERI)...

August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has disagreed with a lower court decision that an ERISA case be dismissed because...

August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-On August 1, 2005, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) introduced lifecycle (L) funds to its 3.4 million participants, and the funds have already exceeded...