Allstate Agents Dealt Legal Setback in Employment Status Case
May 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A nearly seven-year legal fight between Allstate Insurance Co. and its agents over their employment...
Tag: ERISA
Program Providing Reimbursement of Phone Services for Retirees is an ERISA Plan
May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has determined that a telephone...
ERISA Equitable Relief Case Recommended to Supreme Court
May 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement is recommending the Supreme Court hear a case involving...
Fiduciary Liability Claim Dismissed in US Airways Suit
May 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia has determined the Pension Benefit...
Court Rejects Revival of Company Stock Case Based on LaRue Ruling
May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama rejected the attempt by an...
Court: ERISA Trumps PA Probate Law
May 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania state appellate court has ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...