Compliance | June 10th, 2024 Judge Confirms Trial Date for American Airlines ESG Lawsuit A Texas federal judge has scheduled a trial date, following the entry by attorneys for each side of pretrial materials,...
Compliance | June 4th, 2024 New York Federal Judge Rules Against TIAA in Managed Account Suit TIAA’s request to dismiss lawsuit alleging it used aggressive tactics to move participants from the plan into more costly managed...
Compliance | May 23rd, 2024 Texas Judge Certifies Class in Pilot’s Anti-ESG Case A class of participants was certified in a federal district court lawsuit against American Airlines’ Plan for Pilots.
Compliance | May 20th, 2024 PBGC Sues to Recover Losses Caused by Trustee’s Asset Transfer The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation claims a shuttered California corporation’s CEO transferred plan assets to a business checking account.
Compliance | May 10th, 2024 Appeals Court Revives Pension Case Against Northrop Grumman For a second time, the 9th Circuit has resurrected a lawsuit that targeted the aerospace and defense company.
Compliance | May 7th, 2024 Salesforce Agrees to Settle ERISA Lawsuits San Francisco-based software company seeks a settlement in lawsuits that alleged the 401(k) plan charged participants excessive fees.
Compliance | May 3rd, 2024 PBGC Seeks $1 Million+ in Liability Payments From Pension Plan in Trusteeship The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is seeking damages from a construction company after the PBGC took over its terminated pension...
Compliance | May 1st, 2024 DOL Sues Third Profit-Sharing Plan in 2024 The Department of Labor is continuing its enforcement push against profit-sharing plans.
Compliance | April 30th, 2024 California Marketer Claims Plan Change Caused Recordkeeper to Retaliate A California plan sponsor has sued the provider it removed, 401(k) Easy, claiming the company perpetrated a scheme to defraud...
Compliance | April 19th, 2024 Kellogg Wins Pension Lawsuit Dismissal Federal court in Michigan dismisses a lawsuit brought against the Kellogg Company pension plan.
Benefits | April 12th, 2024 Paychex Seeks to Move ERISA Case Over Intercepted 401(k) Assets to Federal Court Paychex plans to fight a New York retirement lawsuit, alleging fiduciary breach in federal court rather than state court.
Compliance | April 10th, 2024 DOL Requests Approval of Settlement in Pennsylvania Mushroom Farm Case The action would appoint an independent administrator and distribute assets to the profit-sharing plan’s participants.
Compliance | April 9th, 2024 RTX Corp. Agrees to Settle ERISA Lawsuit The aerospace and defense contractor has agreed to a pending settlement in a lawsuit with a former participant.
Benefits | April 9th, 2024 IBM Wins Dismissal of Pension Lawsuit A lawsuit against IBM’s pension plan will not proceed, following a judge’s ruling in U.S. District Court for the Southern...
Compliance | April 8th, 2024 After DOJ Criminal Sentence, DOL Sues Profit-Sharing Plan of Pennsylvania Mushroom Farmer Department of Labor brings a lawsuit against the profit-sharing plan of a criminally indicted Pennsylvania mushroom farm retirement plan.
Benefits | April 4th, 2024 DOL Attains Court Order Directing Defunct Firm Restore Missing 401(k) Money A federal court in Maryland ordered a defunct engineering company and its owner to pay $388,458 to restore missing contributions...
Compliance | April 3rd, 2024 DOL Alleges Profit-Sharing Plan Fiduciaries Took Retirement Plan Assets The Department of Labor alleges the plan fiduciaries at a tree service company used retirement assets from a profit-sharing plan...
Benefits | March 22nd, 2024 Molina Healthcare Close to Win in ERISA Lawsuit A California federal judge’s ruling in an ERISA lawsuit against Molina Healthcare provides a window into this court’s thinking on...
Compliance | February 21st, 2024 Pennsylvania Federal Judge Orders RiversEdge Out of Retirement Plans A judge determined the retirement plan recordkeeper and third-party administrator misappropriated millions in clients’ plan assets.
Administration | February 16th, 2024 Lawsuit Targets Fiduciaries of Hess Corp. A lawsuit against the Hess Corp. alleges Hess plan fiduciaries included target-date mutual funds instead of collective investment trusts in...