Administrators Only Required to Provide Documents Governing Plans
June 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ruled that a plan administrator...
Tag: Litigation
CA Cap on Chiropractic Treatment Survives Court Challenge
June 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state appeals court has ruled that California's 24-visit cap on chiropractic treatments for workers...
Former Judge Can Sue Individual Pension Board Members
May 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court has determined that an impeached Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice can sue...
DoL Obtains Payment from Union for Risky Investments
May 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) announced it has obtained consent orders requiring trustees of...
Supreme Court Considers Conflict for Plan Administrators That are Also Payers
May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case to determine how much the...
ERISA Lawyers Likely to Seek More Fiduciary Breach Clarification
April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling sanctioning fiduciary breach lawsuits by individual...
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TSP Places Limit on Participant Interfund Transfers
April 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The debate over methods to stop frequent trading by participants in the Federal Thrift Savings...
Transfer Restrictions on Plan Investment Did not Breach Contract
April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that The Prudential...
Supreme Court Reverses Age Discrimination Ruling on Procedural Grounds
February 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ruling purely on a procedural issue, the U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a ruling...
ERISA Lawyers: Don't Expect Lawsuit Tsunami after LaRue Ruling
February 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - It's not likely that this week's long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court ruling blessing individual participant-filed fiduciary...
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FLSA Class Actions Beat out Workplace Discrimination Claims in '07
January 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fourth Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report by national law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP...
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Pension Litigation Database Launched
January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PensionLitigationData.com, a joint venture of Pension Governance, LLC and The Michel-Shaked Group, has been launched...
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AIG Service Helps Collect Electronic Info during Litigation
January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AIG Executive Liability, a division of the property-casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc....
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TSP Transfer Restriction Proposal Brings Debate
December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the federal Thrift Savings Plan's Employee Thrift Advisory Council are divided as to...
Court Affirms Denial of Accidental Benefits for Diabetic
December 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has agreed with an insurance...
Participant Seeking Benefits Due Cannot Claim Fiduciary Breach
December 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled a plan participant cannot...
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Another ERISA Litigator Circles Morgan Stanley
December 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest ERISA litigation firm to probe the company stock investment in the Morgan Stanley...
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TSP Combats Rapid Traders with Transaction Limits
November 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Faced with a small group of government workers who have engaged in quick in-and-out stock...
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Wal-Mart Draws 401(k) Fee Scrutiny
November 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart has drawn the scrutiny of an ERISA litigation firm in a move that could...
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Merrill Travails Draw Company Stock Investigation
November 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent tumult at Merrill Lynch - and the resulting drop on the financial giant's...