Compliance | May 5th, 2008 Supreme Court Considers Conflict for Plan Administrators That are Also Payers May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case to determine how much the...
Compliance | May 5th, 2008 Unpaid Contributions Constitutes ERISA Theft May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of two retirement plan...
Compliance | April 29th, 2008 ERISA Lawyers Likely to Seek More Fiduciary Breach Clarification April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling sanctioning fiduciary breach lawsuits by individual...
Compliance | April 28th, 2008 Principal IRA Rollover Suit Could Blaze New Territory April 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by former 401(k) participants against the Principal Financial Group over allegations the company...
Compliance | April 28th, 2008 Principal IRA Rollover Suit Could Blaze New Territory April 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit by former 401(k) participants against the Principal Financial Group over allegations the company...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2008 Macy's Fiduciary Breach Suit Will Stay in Ohio April 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Macy's Inc.'s motion to move a fiduciary breach suit on behalf of a class of...
Compliance | April 18th, 2008 Court Affirms no Fiduciary Breach in Miscalculated Benefit Estimates April 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court's determination that miscalculations...
Compliance | April 7th, 2008 Benefits Interference Suit Given New Life April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has reinstated an employee's lawsuit over whether his former employer fired...
Compliance | April 3rd, 2008 Court Awards Restoration of Benefits to Former Westinghouse Employees April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has ordered Siemens Corp. to...
Compliance | April 3rd, 2008 Termination Before Selloff not Intentional Benefits Interference April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has found that an employer...
Compliance | April 1st, 2008 DB Notice Suit Survives Challenge April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the statute of limitations clock has not...
Compliance | April 1st, 2008 MI Appellate Court Throws Out 401(k) Distribution Injunction April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan company fighting to block a 401(k) distribution to the firm's former purchasing agent...
Compliance | March 25th, 2008 Kraft Fee Suit Plaintiffs Lose Jury Trial Effort March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because 401(k) participants suing Kraft Foods Global Inc., over plan fees are relying on the...
Compliance | March 25th, 2008 Plan Committee Can Seek Reimbursement of Disability Overpayment March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that a retirement...
Compliance | March 17th, 2008 Surviving Spouse Plan Requirements Cannot be Changed by Oral Representation March 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that a pension...
Compliance | March 13th, 2008 Participant Loses ERISA Claim over Plan Funding Issues March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a health-care facility can't sue his old employer for not properly...
Compliance | March 10th, 2008 Court Approves Settlement of New York Life Self-Dealing Case March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania has approved a $14 million settlement of a nine-year legal...
Compliance | March 3rd, 2008 Eating Disorder Coverage Suit Moves On as ERISA Case March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that federal benefits law pre-empts state law in a class...
Compliance | February 22nd, 2008 ERISA Lawyers: Don't Expect Lawsuit Tsunami after LaRue Ruling February 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - It's not likely that this week's long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court ruling blessing individual participant-filed fiduciary...
Compliance | February 20th, 2008 Justices OK Individual ERISA Suits in Landmark Ruling February 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a landmark ruling eagerly awaited by the retirement services community, the U.S. Supreme Court...