Compliance | November 18th, 2005 Pension Reform Bill Provision To Help Ex-Enron Employees November 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provision of the pension reform bill, passed in the Senate this week, will allow...
Compliance | November 16th, 2005 Participant to Get Benefits for Claim not Related to Obesity Surgery November 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has ruled that a participant...
Compliance | November 4th, 2005 Plan Amendment Was Abuse of Discretion November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that trustees of a...
Compliance | November 3rd, 2005 Court Agrees with Accidental Death Claim Denial November 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that the administrator...
Compliance | November 3rd, 2005 No Remedy for Wrong Information Given to Participant November 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled that ERISA provides no...
Compliance | October 28th, 2005 Former Employee Not Covered Despite Premiums Paid October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ruled that an employee who...
Compliance | October 26th, 2005 Appellate Judges Uphold Insider Trading Verdict Dismissal October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal prosecutors have lost another round in a legal battle over whether they presented enough...
Benefits | October 25th, 2005 MA Firm Agrees to Deal in Pension Fraud Case October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts property management firm has agreed to a $126,000 settlement deal to dispose of...
Benefits | October 17th, 2005 Lucent Wins Benefits Interference Case October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that Lucent Technologies, Inc....
Compliance | October 4th, 2005 COBRA Violations Bite Employer for $63,000 October 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As plan sponsor and administrator, Harding Tube Corp. was found liable for failure to notify...
Compliance | September 21st, 2005 Court Dismisses Suit of Children Not Named as Beneficiaries September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge has found that a deceased participant's children lack standing to sue...
Compliance | September 9th, 2005 Bowater Wins Benefit Liability Suit September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court judge for the District of Maine has ruled that Bowater Inc....
Benefits | September 9th, 2005 American Airlines Issues Frequent Trading Restrictions on 401(k) September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Airlines has issued frequent trading restrictions on its 401(k) plan, following the lead of...
Compliance | September 9th, 2005 Employer's 'Honest Error' Still Warrants Penalty Says Judge September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though an employer's failure to provide COBRA notice to a former employee was an...
Compliance | August 30th, 2005 Rulings Show Participants Invested in Co. Stock Have Recourse August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two recent court rulings provide assurance to participants who invest their retirement savings in company...
Compliance | August 29th, 2005 Court Denies Venue Change for ERISA Case August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the District of Maryland decided that it...
Compliance | August 26th, 2005 Recovering Losses For Individual Participants Is Recovery For The Plan August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has disagreed with a lower court...
Compliance | August 26th, 2005 Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Supplemental Benefits August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling in a...
Benefits | August 15th, 2005 BoA Suit Attacks Retirement Date Issue First August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A motion filed in the lawsuit concerning Bank of America's (BoA) Cash Balance Plan asks...
Benefits | August 11th, 2005 Union Sues Boeing For Early Retirement Benefits August 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) is suing Boeing Corp. for early...