Compliance

April 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small businesses wondering about the best retirement plan design have a new resource from the government.

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that The Prudential Insurance Company of America did not breach terms...

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has thrown out part of case by 401(k) participants against RadioShack over whether the electronics retailer should have...

April 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has reinstated an employee's lawsuit over whether his former employer fired him to avoid paying for his shoulder surgery.

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants in a stock-drop case against medical products manufacturer Baxter International Inc. have won an important legal skirmish as a federal appellate...

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has declared that the former stepdaughter of a deceased 401(k) participant should get the benefits from his plan account.

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plan sponsor had a fiduciary duty to plan participants to clearly state in plan documents that its definition...

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has waded into the court case involving the controversial San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) arguing...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former regional manager at Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. has been awarded more than $2.2 million in an employment discrimination suit alleging violations...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has ordered Siemens Corp. to restore separation from employment benefits to former employees...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court ruling that Tribune Company did not breach its fiduciary duties by...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has found that an employer was not motivated by a desire to deprive...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer may be found in violation of Title VII...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the statute of limitations clock has not expired for defined benefit plan participants' assertions relating...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case in which it was decided that salaried managers were owed overtime pay, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 401(k) participant now seeking Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection may only deduct the balance she owes on two plan loans from her bankruptcy...

April 15, 2008 ((b)lines) - A 403(b) plan sponsor says there seems to be one question about vendor consolidation that hasn't been clearly addressed in general IRS publications...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan company fighting to block a 401(k) distribution to the firm's former purchasing agent accused in a corporate embezzlement scheme has lost...

April 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - In July 2007, the IRS issued final regulations on tax-sheltered annuity plans under IRC §403(b) as the first comprehensive guidance for §403(b) plans...

March 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension plan insurer has picked up another pension plan.