Misstatements not Made in ERISA Fiduciary Capacity: Court
September 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has given a mixed ruling...
Tag: ERISA
DoL Sues Trustees over Plan Loan Violations
August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued trustees of a benefit fund for violating the...
Court Denies Attorneys’ Fees in Institutional Versus Retail Shares Case
August 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A district court has denied participants’ request for attorneys’ fees in their attempt to sue...
Court Issues Mixed Ruling over Participant’s Reliance on Plan Resolution
August 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has sided with an employer in finding it properly paid retirement benefits...
Fiduciary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege Extends to DoL Audit
August 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For purposes of compliance with a...
DoL Files Brief in SunTrust Stock Drop Case
August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis is asking an appellate court to uphold a...
ICI Submits Brief in Retail vs. Institutional Funds Case
August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In an amicus curiae brief submitted to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the...
ERISA Lawyer Joins Davis Polk
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Jeffrey P. Crandall is joining the firm in New...
Court Moves Forward Suit over State Street FX Practices
August 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has moved forward claims by investors in State Street stock, including retirement...
Legal Group Wants Ruling on Use of Retail Funds Reversed
August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A California employer group has filed an amicus brief in a case over whether 401(k)...
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 |
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...
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...
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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...
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...
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...
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...