IRS Issues Guide for Retirement Plan Reporting
September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has created a guide for retirement plan sponsor reporting and...
Tag: ERISA
Senate Hearing Addresses Retirement System Fixes
September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing covered numerous retirement-related topics, including proposals to streamline...
Signature Authority May Trigger ERISA Fiduciary Status
September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A company CEO’s signature authority for payments from the company’s bank account may make him...
Opinions |
Do Pre-Approved Plan Adopters Still Need Benefits Counsel?
September 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With ever-increasing law firm billing rates, it may be tempting to forego retaining an employee...
Berkshire Hathaway Sued Over Retirement Plan Design Changes
September 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants of retirement plans sponsored by Acme Building Brands Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway...
ERISA 40th Anniversary: Time for an Update?
August 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – September 2nd marks 40 years since the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) became law,...
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Industry Leaders Share Thoughts About ERISA
August 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty years ago on September 2, in response to failing companies resulting in workers losing...
Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Falsifying ERISA Disclosures
August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner of a Maryland electrical contracting company pleaded guilty to falsifying plan documents to...
Government Backs Top Court Review of 401(k) Plan Fee Case
August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Solicitor General has filed a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to...
Court Tosses Multiemployer Plan Withdrawal Liability Challenge
August 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer that participated in a multiemployer pension plan cannot sue plan trustees regarding the...
Opinions |
Company Stock Fund Prudence Following Dudenhoeffer
August 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States made its first ruling...
English-Language SPDs May Not Violate ERISA
August 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has dismissed a claim that a company violated federal law by not sending...
Stakes High for Church Plans, Lawyers Say
August 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Attorneys representing Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) have requested that a federal court hear oral arguments...
ERISA and Health Benefits: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
August 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This September will mark 40 years since the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was...
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Not the Time for In-Plan Income, PEI Says
August 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Current conditions in the retirement benefits arena make in-plan lifetime income solutions a difficult proposition...
Court Says RBC Executive Compensation Plan Is ERISA Plan
August 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has found a wealth accumulation plan (WAP) offered to executives of RBC...
Company Owner Personally Liable for Missing Contributions
August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles David Snyder, fiduciary to the Cleveland-based Attevo 401(k) retirement plan, has been ordered by...
Anheuser-Busch Pension Participants Owed Enhanced Benefits
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has determined that certain participants of Anheuser-Busch’s pension plan are due...
Appellate Court Sends RJR Stock Drop Suit Back for Review
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lower court applied the wrong standard when determining that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR)...
IRS Announces Webinar on DB Plan Termination
August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will host a defined benefit plan termination webinar on August 14...