Health Plan Beneficiary Denied Compensation of Attorneys' Fees
September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled that a plan...
Tag: Litigation
IL Court Allows Suit Against Bowater
September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has allowed Frank Crosby to...
Court Considers Questionable Term Date in COBRA Violation Case
September 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said an employer may have...
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Suit Claims Plan Administrator Stole $7M of Retirement Assets
September 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CEO of a Tennessee corporate benefits administrator has been accused of stealing $7 million...
Securities America and Broker Charged in Fraud Exxon Retirees
September 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASD has announced that it has fined Securities America, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska, $2.5 million...
Ex-Wife of Business Owner Only Entitled to COBRA After Termination
September 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has determined that the qualifying...
DoL Works out $12M Enron Settlement with Lay Estate
September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two months after the death of former Enron chief Kenneth Lay, the government has worked...
NC Court Rules Against Governor on Pension Plan Case
September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A North Carolina Superior Court judge has ruled that Governor Mike Easley and other state...
US Appeals Court Rejects Halliburton's Request to Reduce Retiree Benefits
September 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that Halliburton could not alter retiree health...
Court Rejects Discrimination Suit Against Prudential Plan
August 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a company did not breach its...
Court Finds SPD Created Expectations of Benefits
August 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that accidental death...
Sprint Settles $29M Suit with Plan Participants Claiming Fiduciary Breach
August 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Judge gave his nod to a settlement by Sprint Nextel Corp. to...
Judge Agrees Lack of SPD Caused Coverage Lapse
August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled that an employer breached...
ERISA Claim is Time-barred in Spite of Disclosure Violation
August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, though a pension plan violated its...
Global Crossing Settlement Treasury Grows by $99M
July 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new set of defendants in ongoing securities litigation against Global Crossing have agreed to...
Court Says Advice Satisfies the Law in Milwaukee Pension Case
July 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wisconsin District 1 Court of Appeals has ruled that the advice the Milwaukee County...
SPARK Issues 'Best Practices' for Trade Monitoring by RK
June 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute announced it has developed 'best practices' for frequent trading monitoring by retirement...
Kmart Settles Company Stock Lawsuit
June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Judge has approved an $11.75 million settlement of a lawsuit against Kmart...
DoL Seeks Restoration for ESOP Plan of SC Company
June 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has brought a lawsuit against Hagemeyer North America Inc. in...
Court Turns Down Participant Claim for Account Restoration
June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a...