Compliance | June 14th, 2007 Southwest Airlines Cleared of Discrimination Allegations June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has thrown out a lawsuit by a former Southwest Airlines...
Compliance | June 14th, 2007 LTD Plan Loses Appeal for Failure to Consider Mental Capacity June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a long-term disability (LTD) plan administrator abused...
Compliance | June 14th, 2007 Southwest Airlines Cleared of Discrimination Allegations June 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has thrown out a lawsuit by a former Southwest Airlines...
Compliance | June 12th, 2007 Supreme Court: Plan Mergers Considered an Alternative to Termination June 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a bankrupt paper company had no fiduciary duty to...
Compliance | June 8th, 2007 Dead Man's Parents Eligible for Accidental Death Benefits June 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a Colorado man's blood alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit...
Compliance | June 7th, 2007 Cashed-Out Participants Still Have ERISA Legal Standing June 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a ruling described as the first of its kind by a federal appellate court,...
Compliance | June 6th, 2007 Principal Revenue Sharing Suit Gets Moved to Iowa June 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court lawsuit against the Principal Financial Group over fiduciary breach allegations connected with...
Compliance | May 25th, 2007 Fiduciaries Rebuffed in 401(k) Forfeiture Account Usage May 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Virginia has rebuffed efforts by two executives and admitted fiduciaries of...
Compliance | May 18th, 2007 Appellate Court Overturns Document Production Fine May 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a $9,800 fine against an employer for not...
Products | May 17th, 2007 FreeERISA Updates Third Round of 2005 Form 5500s May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FreeERISA.com, a Web site where visitors can view retirement and welfare benefit information, has updated...
Benefits | May 17th, 2007 FreeERISA Updates Third Round of 2005 Form 5500s May 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FreeERISA.com, a Web site where visitors can view retirement and welfare benefit information, has updated...
Benefits | May 16th, 2007 Qwest Employees Fight Insurance Coverage Cutback May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven retired employees of telecommunications company Qwest or their beneficiaries are challenging a Qwest move...
Compliance | May 11th, 2007 College Student Loses Health Benefits Battle May 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Missouri has upheld a health benefits denial decision in a workplace...
Compliance | May 8th, 2007 Appellate Judges Uphold Beneficiary Designation May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that the ex-wife of a...
Compliance | May 3rd, 2007 ERISA's Anti-Cutback Rule Bars Elimination of 401(k) Put Option May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that a California-based infrastructure design company violated the...
Compliance | April 30th, 2007 NJ Contractor President Sent to Prison for Stealing Pension Funds April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of a Millstone Township, New Jersey-based contracting company was sentenced to five years...
Compliance | April 27th, 2007 ERISA Doesn't Govern Eligibility Contract Between Employer and HMO April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The U.S. District of South Carolina ruled a health maintenance organization (HMO) could not sue...
Compliance | April 27th, 2007 Court: Parental Rights Determined Health Cost Responsibility April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that the health care plan covering the adoptive father...
Compliance | April 25th, 2007 Bank Benefits Denial Upheld After Computer Security Breach April 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld the denial of benefits to a former bank worker...
Compliance | April 20th, 2007 Employee Can't Get Back Insurance Premiums via ERISA Suit April 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A woman whose employer failed to add one of her daughters as dependents on the...