Compliance | February 8th, 2007 CPA Ordered to Pay $5,000 Restitution for Fiduciary Breach February 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California CPA firm was ordered by a federal district court in Atlanta to make...
Compliance | February 2nd, 2007 Southwest's Fiduciary Breach Case Against Brinson Goes Forward February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
Compliance | February 1st, 2007 Judge Overrides Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a life insurance plan participant had designated his girlfriend as a beneficiary, a...
Compliance | January 29th, 2007 Trade Group Cleared of ERISA Violation Allegation January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based food trade group has been cleared of allegations it violated federal law by...
Compliance | January 25th, 2007 DoL Sues CT Firm for Misuse of Plan Funds January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against New Britain, Connecticut-based Macristy Industries Inc....
Compliance | January 23rd, 2007 MI Prisoners Lose Pension Garnishment Appeal January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a recent ruling by a federal appellate court, four prisoners in the Michigan prison...
Compliance | January 18th, 2007 Employers as Plan Sponsors Owe Fiduciary Duty to Participants January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois has affirmed a plan participant's...
Compliance | January 18th, 2007 Appellate Court Reinstates Deferred Comp Plan Case January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a case brought by a deferred...
Compliance | January 17th, 2007 Appellate Ruling Affirms Maryland's 'Wal-Mart' Health Law Dismissal January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has handed a business lobbying group a legal victory by upholding...
Compliance | January 3rd, 2007 Executives Jailed for Fleecing Company Benefit Plans January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Lynchburg, Virginia, has handed prison sentences to two executives of...
Compliance | December 29th, 2006 Spouse Absent for 18 Months Can Get Death Benefits December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment to a...
Benefits | December 21st, 2006 USW Retirees Seek to Enforce Medical Benefit Promise December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Steelworkers (USW) retirees and their union have filed a class action lawsuit against Continental...
Benefits | December 21st, 2006 Study: Health SPD Readability Too Advanced for Average Participants December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average health care summary plan document (SPD) that contains information about eligibility, benefits and...
Compliance | December 20th, 2006 Court Affirms Denial of Benefits to Drunk Driver December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted summary judgment in...
Compliance | December 19th, 2006 Court Upholds Ruling in ERISA Conversion of Assets Case December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction for conversion of plan...
Compliance | December 14th, 2006 Death Cause not Necessarily Accident Under Plan Terms December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied accidental death benefits for...
Compliance | December 12th, 2006 Appellate Judges Uphold ExxonMobil Insurance Denial December 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the ExxonMobil employee benefits department posthumously signed up a physician for added life...
Compliance | November 28th, 2006 Fiduciary Breach Claims Must Seek Relief for Whole Plan November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled that claims alleging a...
Compliance | November 21st, 2006 Court Overturns Benefits Ruling for Widow of Drunk Driver November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's decision that the...
Compliance | November 17th, 2006 Employee Fired for Plan Inquiry Awarded Damages November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has awarded damages and attorney's fees...