Hospital Fiduciaries Ordered to Repay Employee Retirement Plan
November 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former corporate officers of an East Los Angeles community hospital have been ordered to...
Tag: ERISA
Kraft Suit Plaintiffs Denied Class Status on Remaining Claim
October 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a long-running Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) legal challenge against Kraft Foods, a...
DoL Publishes Final Rule on ERISA Transaction Exemptions
October 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced the publication of a...
Court Approves Attorney Fees in ERISA Claim
October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina ruled, an employee who...
Court Approves Settlement of Wachovia Stock Drop Suit
October 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina has approved a...
Court Moves Forward Suit over Post-Employment Benefits Advice
October 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the...
EBSA Aims to Improve Access to Unbiased Advice
October 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued a final regulation regarding...
Claim for ESOP Benefits Under State Law Preempted by ERISA
October 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled a plan participant’s claim...
2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Citigroup Stock Drop Charges
October 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that Citigroup fiduciaries did not abuse...
Another Law Firm Starts BNY Mellon ERISA Investigation
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announced that it is investigating Bank of...
DoL Sues Doctor for Loans from Plan
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued an Alabama medical office and its physician owner...
Court Dismisses Stock Drop Claims against Lehman Brothers
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that...
5th Circuit Sends Back Case for Review of Disclosure Statutory Penalties
September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has determined that employer Houston Poly Bag I, Ltd., by withholding...
Florida Bank Wins Dismissal of Stock Drop Suit
September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed claims that trustees and directors of Orion Bancorp’s Employee Stock...
Bank of America Wins Suit Regarding use of Proprietary Funds
September 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed all charges against Bank of America for allegedly breaching its...
Court Finds AT&T Lax in Disclosure Efforts
September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. District Court has found AT&T liable for retroactive benefits for a pension plan...
Court Rules Law Firm Did Not Violate ERISA Anti-Cutback Rule
September 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columba ruled a law firm did not...
Court Rules Law Firm Did Not Violate ERISA Anti-Cutback Rule
September 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columba ruled a law firm did not...
Court Upholds Decision for Fidelity, Unisys in Excessive Fee Case
September 9, 2011 (PLANPSONSOR.com) – The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling dismissing charges...
Court Moves Forward ERISA Recordkeeping Claim
September 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for Northern District of California denied the motion to dismiss two...