Compliance | December 5th, 2007 Unexecuted Prenup Still Means Widow Gets Retirement Assets December 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Because the wife of a law firm employee never executed documents waiving her claim to...
Compliance | December 4th, 2007 Mailing Insurance Forms to Wrong Address not ERISA Breach December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared a Texas company of wrongdoing for sending life insurance policy...
Compliance | December 4th, 2007 Supreme Court Denies AT&T Benefits Interference Case December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a federal appelate court ruling that a...
Compliance | November 29th, 2007 West Virginia Adviser Barred from ERISA Work November 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Charleston, West Virginia, investment adviser accused of misusing $600,000 from a 401(k) plan he...
Compliance | November 27th, 2007 High Court Ponders Scope of Fiduciary Breach Suits November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Monday in a case that could help define...
Compliance | November 27th, 2007 Supreme Court Declines Review of Benefits Interference Case November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a case concerning whether an employer interfered...
Compliance | November 20th, 2007 DoL Proposes New Asset Types Allowed for Settlements November 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced a proposed amendment...
Compliance | November 16th, 2007 ULLICO to Pay $20M to Settle Self-Dealing Charges by DoL November 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor announced a settlement requiring Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (ULLICO)...
Compliance | November 15th, 2007 Benefits Challenge Denied – Again November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former Quaker Oats Co. employees fighting to receive additional pension benefits they say were...
Compliance | November 8th, 2007 Court Upholds Felony Exclusion Application in DUI Case November 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrator of an accidental death benefit plan with a felony exclusion has been cleared...
Compliance | November 7th, 2007 CEO Had no Obligation to Resign as Fiduciary of Health Plan November 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah has determined that the CEO of...
Benefits | November 6th, 2007 National Coalition on Benefits Set to Preserve ERISA Standards November 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Benefits Council (ABC) has announced the launch of the National Coalition on Benefits,...
Compliance | November 2nd, 2007 Derivative Action Certification not Available for Fiduciary Breach Claim November 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has rejected a plan participant's motion...
Compliance | November 1st, 2007 Court: DB Participant Can't Sue for Excessive Fees November 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa ruled that a defined benefit...
Benefits | October 29th, 2007 Citigroup Hit with 401(k) Suit over ERISA Violations October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citigroup has been hit with a lawsuit alleging the financial services giant committed a variety...
Compliance | October 17th, 2007 Bad Benefits Estimate Not a Fiduciary Breach October 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Ford Motor Company employee who contested a mistaken November 2002 pension benefits calculation lost...
Compliance | October 16th, 2007 Judge Grants Class Action Status to FedEx Ground Drivers October 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corp has promised to appeal the recent decision by a federal judge in Indiana...
Compliance | October 11th, 2007 District Court Ordered to Consider Self-Funded Plans' 'Antagonistic Interests' October 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a trial judge to reconsider his...
Compliance | October 5th, 2007 Nationwide Fiduciary Breach Suit Survives a New Challenge October 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Connecticut has cleared the way for the trustees of five 401(k)...
Compliance | October 2nd, 2007 Supreme Court Seeks Comment on AT&T Anti-Cutback Rule Case October 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General's office to comment on an appeal...