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Compliance | November 17th, 2008

PBGC Puts Out Distress Termination Info Release Rule

November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer will release a final rule Tuesday dealing with releasing information about distress plan terminations.

Compliance | November 17th, 2008

Appellate Court Breathes Life into Pension Funds' Hartford Financial Suit

November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday reinstated a pension fund lawsuit on Monday that accused The Hartford Financial Services Group of concealing kickbacks...

Compliance | November 17th, 2008

PBGC Funding Deficit Narrows, Butâ€¦

November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension plan insurer managed to trim its funding deficit for single-employer plans by nearly $2.5 billion over the past year.

Compliance | November 14th, 2008

Avaya Wins Appeal in Stock Drop Case

November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former communications company employee battling in support of his stock-drop lawsuit suffered his second major legal setback when a federal appellate court...

Compliance | November 14th, 2008

DoL to Publish Final FMLA Regs

November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a final rule on November 17 to update its regulations under the 15-year-old Family and Medical...

Compliance | November 14th, 2008

McKeon Sings Praises for New FMLA Regs

November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-California), the senior Republican on the House Labor Committee, commended Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao for her...

Compliance | November 13th, 2008

Court Says Mutual Fund Company not an ERISA "Party in Interest"

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has found that a mutual fund company charged by a multi-employer plan of...

Compliance | November 13th, 2008

CA Firm Charged with Misusing ESOP Assets

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the board of directors of The Employee Ownership Holding Co. of Stockton, California, and Fife, Washington,...

Compliance | November 12th, 2008

NY Man Charged in $8M Benefit Plan Embezzlement

November 12, 2008 (plansponsor.com) - A former benefits manager for Hitachi America, Ltd., was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities on charges he embezzled about $8 million from a...

Compliance | November 12th, 2008

IRS 403(b) Expert Scheduled for Upcoming Webinar

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official who has become the tax agency's public face on the IRS 403(b) regulations is scheduled to appear...

Compliance | November 12th, 2008

NAGDCA Posts IRS 403(b) Expert Interview

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A public fund trade group has posted a series of video files on the government's 403(b) regulations in light of the fast approaching...

Compliance | November 11th, 2008

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) plan sponsor did not engage in a prohibited...

Compliance | November 10th, 2008

DOL Hosts Webcast for Texas Employers

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Texas plan sponsors looking for some assistance in dealing with federal and state health laws can tune into a free webcast this week.

Compliance | November 7th, 2008

Paper Company Exec Loses Severance Benefit Fight

November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has cleared a paper company of wrongdoing in denying severance benefits of about $300,000 from a top hat plan...

Compliance | November 6th, 2008

CA Voters Overturn Court Ruling on Same-sex Marriage

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Voters in Arizona, Florida, and California on November 4 agreed to state constitutional amendments to specify only marriage between a man and a...

Compliance | November 6th, 2008

DHS to Request Lift of Injunction on No-Match Letter Rules

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Supplemental Final Rule that provides additional background and analysis for the department's No-Match Rule.

Compliance | November 5th, 2008

Power Company Cleared of Cash Balance Conversion Miscue

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Newark, Delaware, power company did not have to tell workers when it converted its defined benefit pension plan to a cash balance...

Compliance | November 5th, 2008

Boston Scientific Wins Stock Drop Lawsuit

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has decided that two former Boston Scientific Corp. employees who sold more company stock than they purchased did...

Compliance | November 4th, 2008

Court Affirms Denial of Survivorship Benefits not Provided for in QDRO

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the lack of language in a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) assigning survivorship benefits to an ex-spouse...

Compliance | November 4th, 2008

Federal Court Cuts Off Indemnification Claim

November 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that John Hancock Life Insurance Co. cannot demand that a pension plan trustee suing it in...