Compliance

January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yet another legal victory has been won for cash balance plans as the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has ruled...

January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush on Monday signed into law legislation that includes an expansion of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) coverage for family members...

January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders whether a 401(k) participant can pursue a fiduciary breach suit on behalf of himself rather than on...

January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor is scheduled to consider legislation that would expand the definition of "disability" under...

January 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has determined that a health plan administrator should be reimbursed for benefits it...

January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge has ruled that the administrator of a profit-sharing plan was entitled to demand that a participant reimburse $231,065 for benefits...

January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal appellate court has upheld a $108,000 jury award to a deaf former FedEx package handler who did not receive proper accommodations...

January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - California's highest court has ruled that while the state's Compassionate Use Act of 1996 gives medical marijuana users a defense against criminal charges,...

January 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a long-term disability plan administrator's denial of benefits for a drug addicted participant whose...

January 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress has given its final stamp of approval to an expansion of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to family members...

January 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan state appellate court has ruled that a state anti-discrimination law does cover same-sex harassment in its prohibitions against a hostile work...

January 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Indiana is allowing a Merrillville, Indiana law firm to continue with its lawsuit against its 401(k) investment managers and...

January 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - After declaring that none of the six major insurance providers accused in a commission conspiracy were fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security...

January 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a Tennessee school retaliation case.

January 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee considered legislation Wednesday that could reform 30-year-old Social Security laws some say are unfair to public workers.

January 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a Tennessee school retaliation case.

January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a former employee's claims under Texas state law of negligence by her employer...

January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a new version of Form 4461-A, "Application for Approval of Master or Prototype or Volume Submitter...

January 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The tax filing has barely started - and yet the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has already found it necessary to update its list...

January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based rail car manufacturer has asked a federal judge in Pennsylvania to delay implementing his order that the company reinstate more than...