Compliance | July 15th, 2013 Certain Revenue Sharing Payments not Plan Assets July 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has weighed in on whether certain revenue sharing payments constitute...
Compliance | July 10th, 2013 DOL Revises Definition of Rating Agency July 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, is now qualified as a “Rating Agency” as defined by the...
Compliance | July 9th, 2013 DOL Files Brief in RJR Stock Drop Case July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris is asking an appellate court to reverse its...
Ask the Experts | July 9th, 2013 (b)lines Ask the Experts – Delaying Form 5500 Reporting July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - "As I was enjoying the July 4th Holiday, I found myself waxing nostalgic for...
Compliance | July 5th, 2013 Court Limits Remedy for Cash Balance Notice Violation July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants in Solvay Chemicals’ pension plan were unable to prove its violation of notice requirements...
Compliance | July 5th, 2013 DOL Sues Hospital Owners for Employee Benefits July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is suing the owners of a Louisiana hospital for...
Compliance | July 3rd, 2013 Court Finds for Employer in Dispute over Benefit Election July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found a benefits committee used a reasonable process to...
Compliance | June 28th, 2013 Compliance Issues for 403(b)s June 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some retirement plan compliance issues are unique to 403(b)s.
Compliance | June 27th, 2013 Caterpillar Investigated for Potential ERISA Suit June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A law firm announced it is investigating the Caterpillar Inc.'s 401(k) plan for potential Employee...
Compliance | June 21st, 2013 Ruling Allows Monetary Compensation for Fiduciary Breach June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appeals court recently ruled that a health care plan participant has the right to...
Compliance | June 14th, 2013 9th Circuit Revives Amgen Stock Drop Case June 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court reversed the dismissal of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class...
Compliance | June 11th, 2013 DOL Sues to Recover Misused Pension Funds June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed lawsuits seeking to restore $4.9 million of...
Compliance | June 10th, 2013 ERISA Imposes No Duty to Disclose Certain Information June 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court has held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not...
Compliance | June 10th, 2013 Release of Claims Bars Lawsuit for Pension Benefits June 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A pension plan participant who signed a release of claims when he was laid off...
Compliance | May 1st, 2013 Regulations: What’s Happened and What’s Coming May 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors have been dealing with several regulatory initiatives in the past year and...
Compliance | April 29th, 2013 7th Circuit Applies Presumption of Prudence to Marshall & Ilsley April 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined Marshall & Ilsley was entitled to a...
Products | April 22nd, 2013 PwC Releases ERISA Reporting Guide April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PwC released its 2013 ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Guide.
Compliance | April 22nd, 2013 AUL’s Revenue-Sharing Practices No Fiduciary Breach April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found in favor of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL)...
Products | April 22nd, 2013 FRA Launches ERISA Litigation Blog April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fiduciary Risk Assessment (FRA)/PlanTools has launched a blog and companion ERISA Litigation Index.
Compliance | April 22nd, 2013 Ambulance Company Failed to Credit Employee Contributions April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says a bankrupt ambulance services company in LaVergne, Tennessee,...