Judge Holds Employer Liable for Missing Plan Contributions
February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the owner of a now-defunct Michigan construction firm is...
Tag: Litigation
Pension Fund Sues UBS
January 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The New Orleans Employees Retirement System has filed a class action lawsuit seeking billions of dollars...
Cash Balance Plan Participants' Document Requests not Subject to ERISA Time Limit
January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has determined that an employer...
Pharmaceutical Company Could Face Company Stock Suit
January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The law firm of Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC is investigating conduct which it...
Court Consolidates Bear Stearns Suits
January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court judge has consolidated lawsuits that have been filed against Bear Stearns...
New Company Stock Suit Filed against Boston Scientific
January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of Boston Scientific Corp., who dropped out of a previous lawsuit before...
Despite Standard of Review Change, 2nd Circuit Rules Against Disability Denial
December 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that First Unum Life Insurance Company...
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ERISA Litigator Seeks Plan Fiduciaries
December 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - And no, not in the way you may think.
4th Circuit Takes New Approach on Conflict of Interest Case
December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has changed the standard of review it applied to a benefits...
PA Pension Fund Objects to Lawyer Fees from GM Settlement
December 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System filed an objection this week to the lawyers' cut...
Northern Trust Hit with Another Securities Lending Suit
December 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corp. is accusing Northern Trust Company (NTC) and Northern Trust Investments N.A. (NTI) with...
TD Ameritrade Accused in Reserve Yield Plus Fund Suit
November 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP announced that a class action has been commenced...
BP Cash Balance Plan Faces Legal Challenge
November 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky accuses...
No ERISA Breach Where Fees not Paid by Plan
November 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that a 401(k)...
Former Putnam Execs Agree to SEC Settlement
November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that on October 31, 2008, the United States...
Court Allows Comcast Company Stock Suit to Move Forward
November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has moved forward several fiduciary...
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End of LaRue Case: A 'Simple Matter of Economics'
November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Texas management consultant whose name has been attached a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling...
BoA Sues Previously Indicted Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers
October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers who were indicted...
State Lawsuit against Merrill Thrown Out
October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a plan sponsor cannot rely on Florida state...
401(k) Breach Suit Can Move Forward
October 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a federal appellate court ruling, an Illinois psychologist got more time to pursue her...