Compliance

October 1, 2007 (PLANPSONSOR.com) - A lawsuit accusing U.S. Bank of using an improper discount rate when converting participants' balances in a defined benefit plan to an opening...

September 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge in Indiana has thrown out a lawsuit by two former Indianapolis hospital system employees over not being notified of their...

September 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court lawsuit over the Principal Financial Group's 401(k) revenue sharing arrangements likely will not be heard in an Iowa courtroom until...

September 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of Ohio said a teenager who was badly burned in 2003 while cleaning a KFC pressure cooker is entitled to...

September 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a man who was the beneficiary of his ex-wife's pension for three decades will not...

September 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has found that a company's use of an 8% discount rate instead of...

September 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a communications networks company did not breach its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement...

September 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A new research paper argues that the post-Pension Protection Act (PPA) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) still needs fixing including the possible conversion...

September 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The U.K. pension authority said Wednesday it was concerned by the number of employers who were late in submitting their required proposals on...

September 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case so that it can define what constitutes a facial age discrimination violation under the...

September 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service now has a way for plan sponsors (and other taxpayers) to request a real-time Employer Identification Number (EIN).

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a sweeping aviation reform legislative measure that also raises the commercial pilot retirement age from 60...

September 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of nearly 100 law firms has once again asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to push back the deadline to bring...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed the Mental Health Parity Act, which requires health plan sponsors to offer similar coverage for mental...

September 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of Tennessee Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a truck driver who suffered a heart attack after being robbed...

September 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation passed in a Senate committee on Friday threatens to take back some of the relief given to some companies, such as American...

September 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden has put forth his plan to help American's save for retirement.

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some highly paid former employees of bankrupt American Home Mortgage are fighting the company's attempt to seize millions they set aside in a...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that an employee who chose to work a light duty...

September 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a case brought against the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by institutional investors who...