Compliance | August 1st, 2007 Cashed-Out Participant Has Standing in Employer Stock Case August 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
Compliance | July 26th, 2007 Health Plan Cannot Recover Funds to be Placed in Special Needs Trust July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has determined that a health...
Benefits | July 26th, 2007 San Francisco Claims Solution to ERISA Preemption of Health Care Law July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawyers for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office claim they have found a way to...
Compliance | July 24th, 2007 Employer Did Not Purposefully Interfere with Truck Driver's Health Benefits July 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana ruled that a truck driver...
Compliance | July 24th, 2007 Abuse of Discretion Proper Standard for Benefit Provider also Administrator July 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a summary judgment in favor of...
Compliance | July 23rd, 2007 LTD Plan Hit with $9,800 Penalty for Late Plan Documents Copy Response July 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Indiana has hit a health care company with a $9,800-penalty under...
Compliance | July 20th, 2007 Buffalo Color Corp Trustees to Pay $300,000 to PBGC July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trustees of Buffalo Color Corp's two employee pension plans must pay $300,000 to the...
Compliance | July 19th, 2007 Court Sides with Participants on ERISA Retaliation Claim July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska has ruled in favor of Brentwood...
Compliance | July 19th, 2007 Court Sides with Participants on ERISA Retaliation Claim July 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska has ruled in favor of Brentwood...
Compliance | July 18th, 2007 Plan Effort to Recoup Mistaken Distribution Funds Gets Court OK July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has turned aside efforts by a former plan participant to...
Compliance | July 11th, 2007 DoL Loses Effort to Recoup Plan's 'Lost Opportunity Costs' July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Michigan has blocked regulators' efforts to force the former trustee of...
Compliance | July 11th, 2007 Judge Upholds Coffee Cup Accident Benefits Denial July 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who severed tendons in her foot and caused nerve damage after dropping a...
Compliance | July 3rd, 2007 Bank One Division Sale Not Intended to Undermine Severance Benefits July 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an employer did not wrongfully deny...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2007 Lawyer Loses ERISA Claim against Firm July 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former partner of the Holland & Knight law firm who sued over allegations he...
Compliance | June 29th, 2007 Court Blocks MA Benefits Discrimination Inquiry June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked a state agency from looking into whether an...
Compliance | June 29th, 2007 Judge Refuses to Dismiss Grace Age-Based Firing Suit June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A suit alleging a company violated federal laws by firing an employee shortly before he...
Compliance | June 29th, 2007 Court Blocks MA Benefits Discrimination Inquiry June 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked a state agency from looking into whether an...
Compliance | June 22nd, 2007 Two Firms Face ERISA Suits over Stock Plan Administration June 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Law firms have announced investigations into possible fiduciary breaches under the Employee Retirement Income Security...
Compliance | June 21st, 2007 Judge Overturns Benefits Denial for Drug-Related Accident June 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in the state of Washington has overturned a decision by an accidental...
Compliance | June 20th, 2007 Purchase of Company Assets at Low Price no Fiduciary Breach to ESOP June 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has found that participants of...