Compliance | February 13th, 2008 Breach Suit against Broker Dismissed for Timing February 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A profit-sharing plan participant's fiduciary breach suit against the plan's broker was filed after the...
Compliance | February 13th, 2008 Federal Appellate Court Upholds ERISA Claim Dismissal February 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a lower court ruling that a law firm...
Compliance | February 11th, 2008 Payment of Child Support with Plan Assets not a State Law Issue February 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined it was an error for a...
Compliance | February 7th, 2008 IBM Retiree Loses Pension Suit – Again February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has thrown out a lawsuit by a former IBM...
Compliance | January 29th, 2008 Appellate Court Splits with Sister Court on 401(k) Breach Remedies January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders whether a 401(k) participant can pursue a fiduciary breach...
Compliance | January 28th, 2008 Court Approves Reimbursement of Benefits for Beneficiary not a Legal Spouse January 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has determined that a health...
Compliance | January 25th, 2008 Plan Administrator Cleared of Wrongdoing in Restitution Demand January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge has ruled that the administrator of a profit-sharing plan was entitled to...
Compliance | January 22nd, 2008 Fiduciary Breach Suit over 'Transfer Adjustment' Fee Allowed to Proceed January 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Indiana is allowing a Merrillville, Indiana law firm to continue with...
Compliance | January 18th, 2008 Judge Tosses Fee/Commission Conspiracy Case against Workplace Insurers January 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - After declaring that none of the six major insurance providers accused in a commission conspiracy...
Compliance | January 17th, 2008 ERISA Does not Preempt State Law Claims of Unsafe Workplace January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a former employee's claims under...
Products | January 14th, 2008 Pension Litigation Database Launched January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PensionLitigationData.com, a joint venture of Pension Governance, LLC and The Michel-Shaked Group, has been launched...
Compliance | January 14th, 2008 Rail Car Maker Ordered to Rehire Workers to get Pension Benefits January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based rail car manufacturer has asked a federal judge in Pennsylvania to delay implementing...
Compliance | January 10th, 2008 Appellate Court Clears Roadblock to SF Health Care Law January 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By a federal appellate court ruling the city of San Francisco won the right to...
Compliance | January 10th, 2008 Court Affirms Denial of AD&D Benefits due to Participant Drug Use January 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has affirmed an accidental death...
Compliance | January 10th, 2008 Employer Ordered to Pay for Failing to Monitor Providers January 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner and operator of a Salem, New Hampshire, business has been ordered to pay...
Compliance | January 4th, 2008 Employer Cleared of ERISA Violations in Firings January 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Philadelphia has cleared a building materials manufacturer of wrongdoing in firing...
Compliance | January 4th, 2008 Pre-Nup Pact Not an ERISA Benefits Waiver January 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Because a 401(k) participant's widow had not yet married her husband when she signed a...
Compliance | January 3rd, 2008 Widow of Bee Sting Victim Loses Benefit Fight January 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrator of an accidental death benefit plan was within its rights in deciding that...
Compliance | December 31st, 2007 San Francisco Appeals Ruling on Health Care Ordinance December 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A day after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California determined that...
Compliance | December 31st, 2007 Widow of DUI Car Accident Victim Not Entitled to Benefits December 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge has ruled that the widow of an accidental death benefit plan participant...