Ex-Motorola Worker Cannot File Company Stock Suit
August 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because a former Motorola employee no longer participated in the company's 401(k) plan and had...
Tag: ERISA
Court Applies "Catch-all" Statute of Limitations to Retirees' Claim
August 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals determined a group of retirees of the United...
Deferred Comp Plan Not a Top Hat
August 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because an employer allowed non-management non-highly compensated staff members to be in a deferred compensation...
Cafeteria Plans Not Required to be Held in Trust
August 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has turned away complaints by employees of a South Carolina textile...
ERISA Claim is Time-barred in Spite of Disclosure Violation
August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, though a pension plan violated its...
Judge Agrees Lack of SPD Caused Coverage Lapse
August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled that an employer breached...
Court Denies Former Participant Claim for Fiduciary Breach
July 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's ruling that a former retirement...
Equitable Cash Balance Plan Wins Discrimination Ruling
July 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that a cash...
State Act to Recover Costs of Imprisonment not Completely Preempted by ERISA
July 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan determined that a lawsuit filed...
Court Rejects Children as Intended Beneficiaries of ESOP Participant
July 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of South Carolina found no evidence to support...
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Workers File Pension Suit against Boeing
July 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four former McDonnell Douglas employees who moved over to Boeing after a corporate merger between...
No Breach in Fiduciary Duties of Airlines' Co. Stock Cases
June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the 7th US Circuit...
Court Holds Administrator Liable for Relationship with Known Embezzler
June 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a health fund administrator breached...
Court Says Plan Accountant Violated Fiduciary Responsibilities
June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge ruled that an accountant for a profit-sharing plan bears some responsibility for...
DoL Bars Health Plan Provider for Mismanagement of Benefits
June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent order against the sponsor and service...
Court Turns Down Participant Claim for Account Restoration
June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a...
Supreme Court Rejects Priority for Workers' Comp Premiums
June 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that workers' compensation premiums owed by an employer are...
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FedEX Plea to Dismiss ERISA Claim in Drivers' Class Action Suit Denied
A federal judge rebuffed Tuesday a request by FedEX lawyers to throw out the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...
Different Retaliation Claims Warrant Different Court Conclusions
June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota recently sent one retaliation claim to...
Court Rules that Participant's ERISA Rights Supersede State Prison's Order
June 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals found that Michigan prisoners' rights as participants in...