Court Says Trustees Violated Fiduciary Duties
July 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio decided three officers of family-run...
Tag: Fiduciary
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Fiduciary Protection: It's All About Documentation
July 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chicago - "You get sued for large sudden losses, not for matters of prudent or...
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IL TPA Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Union Pension Funds
June 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Michael Linder of Crete, Illinois, pled guilty in federal court in Rockford to charges he...
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...
Court: Early Retirement Program not Being Considered When Employee Retired
June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a...
Judge Sentences Woman to One Year for Pension Embezzlement
May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After pleading guilty to 13 accounts of embezzlement from a retirement pension fund, a Greenville,...
Company President Ordered to Restore over $400K to Retirement Plans
May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of West End Lumber Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut has been ordered by the...
Lack of Notes not Proof of Fiduciary Violation
May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals vacated a district court's judgment that a trustee...
Entity with Any Authority over Plan Assets is ERISA Fiduciary
April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals has determined that a third party health plan...
HR Rep Not a Fiduciary in Disability Plan
April 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A disability plan participant lost her legal battle against her employer's human resources department over...
Charges Dismissed Against Directed Trustee in Co. Stock Case
April 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed a claim against Putnam...
Father and Son Held Liable for not Forwarding Employee Contributions
April 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of New York has held a father...
Court Clarifies Responsibilities Regarding Co Stock Investments
March 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed some defendants and left...
DoL Investigating Possible Northwest ERISA Violations
March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) is looking into actions by Northwest Airlines leading to...
Insurance Broker Accused of Stealing Plan Assets Deemed a Fiduciary
January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance broker accused of issuing fake policies to 29 workplace plans and stealing clients'...
Participant-chosen Financial Advisor is a Plan Fiduciary
January 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL), in an advisory opinion letter, says that a financial advisor...
Court Finds Employer May Have Misrepresented Benefits Following Sale
December 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied summary judgment in...
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Survey Finds More Sponsors Minding Governance Ps and Qs
November 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that 85% of plan sponsors now have a written investment...