Compliance | July 26th, 2011 ASPPA Urges Relief for 403(b)s Falling out of ERISA Safe Harbor July 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of new Internal Revenue Service 403(b) regulations many organizations, acting in good...
Opinions | July 22nd, 2011 ERISA: A Burden or Needed Protection for Governmental 403(b)s? July 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Scott Dauenhauer, CFP, MSFP, AIF, Meridian Fiduciary Consulting, contends that public sector defined contribution plan...
Compliance | July 20th, 2011 5th Circuit Affirms Decision in Continental Sham Divorces Case July 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has agreed with a district court’s holding that the subsection of...
Products | July 18th, 2011 Wagner Law Group Opens New York Office July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA, employee benefits, executive compensation and estate planning law boutique firm The Wagner Law Group...
Benefits | July 15th, 2011 Puerto Rican Bank Settles Stock Drop Case July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gainey & McKenna and Harwood Feffer LLP, plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel, and Popular, Inc. announce that...
Products | July 15th, 2011 Drinker Biddle Launches Financial Services ERISA Team July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In order to meet the firm’s expanding client service needs, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP...
Products | July 5th, 2011 Firms Partner to Provide Fee Disclosure Solution July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Castle Rock Innovations, LLC (CRI) has announced a partnership with Millennium Investment and Retirement Advisors...
Compliance | July 1st, 2011 Employer's Delay Means Remedies Deemed Exhausted July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court’s ruling that a...
Compliance | July 1st, 2011 Solis again Uses CIGNA Decision in Brief for Plan Participant July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a recent Amicus Brief, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis called for a federal court...
Compliance | July 1st, 2011 Solis again Uses CIGNA Decision in Brief for Plan Participant July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a recent Amicus Brief, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis called for a federal court...
Deals and People | July 1st, 2011 Pension Planning $olutions, Inc. Adds ERISA Attorney July 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent press release, ERISA attorney Allison Grimm has joined Pension Planning $olutions,...
Compliance | June 12th, 2011 Court Dismisses Claims for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed claims that Halliburton Inc. miscalculated pension benefits, agreeing that the...
Compliance | June 10th, 2011 Solis Files Brief with US Court of Appeals in McCravy Case June 10, 2011(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis has filed a brief asking for a rehearing and reversal of...
Compliance | June 9th, 2011 “Impending Collapse” not Necessary to Rebut Presumption of Prudence June 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In an amicus brief filed on behalf of plaintiffs in Taylor v. KeyCorp, Secretary of...
Compliance | June 8th, 2011 DoL Gets $10.5M for DirecTECH ESOP Plan Participants June 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained six consent judgments requiring payment of $10,454,545 in...
Compliance | June 3rd, 2011 Solis Again Files Brief in Support of Remedy against MetLife June 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With a new U.S. Supreme Court decision in her arsenal, Secretary of Labor Hilda L....
Compliance | May 27th, 2011 Appellate Court Denies Rehearing of Kraft Fee Suit May 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a petition to rehear a case...
Compliance | May 25th, 2011 John Hancock Excessive Fee Suit Dismissed May 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has dismissed a suit alleging...
Compliance | May 19th, 2011 Retirement Plan Trustee not Responsible for Adviser Fraud May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has ruled that UMB Bank is not responsible for losses to...
Compliance | May 19th, 2011 Groups Urge Court to Review Kraft Fee Case Ruling May 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and other groups are urging a federal appellate court to...