Compliance

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge last week reduced former Maryland pension fund manager Nathan A. Chapman Jr.'s 7 ½-year prison sentence by more than two...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from a federal government watchdog agency said the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) continues to not have an adequate assessment...

February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has issued a guidance document explaining how new mortality tables for determining current liability affect premium calculations and...

February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in California hearing the massive gender discrimination case against giant retailer Wal-Mart has allowed plaintiffs' lawyers to depose a former...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts' Governor Deval Patrick proposed a measure that could force the state's lagging municipal public pension funds to relinquish investment control of their...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Changing its prior holdings, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday said that an accrual basis taxpayer-employer may treat its payroll tax liability...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced an interim final rule requiring the distribution of 401(k) type benefits for missing non-spouse...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have issued detailed guidance on how workers can have their employers roll over their health Flexible Spending Arrangements (health FSAs) and...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former head of Employers Mutual LLC was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for leaving $20 million...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday approved by an 18-3 vote a bill mandating parity for mental health benefits...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with questions on already-issued guidance about nonspouse rollover rules, regulators have further clarified several issues including whether a plan is required to...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California law allows creditors to dip into individual retirement accounts (IRAs), but money that is rolled over to an IRA from a private...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has dismissed legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought by health plan trustees against an attorney who represented...

February 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has reversed a lower court decision that threw out a $200,000 age discrimination jury award and ordered the verdict...

February 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury have released guidance on the estimated tax penalty for citizens or residents of the United States...

February 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A case now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether home-health care agencies are required to pay their workers the minimum...

February 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Titan Distribution Inc. wrongfully refused to hire an applicant based on a physical examination...

February 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A University of Toledo employee who took a loan from her profit-sharing retirement plan account before filing for U.S. Bankruptcy Court liquidation must...

February 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has gotten a court-appointed independent fiduciary to manage a Fernandina Beach, Florida executive search firm's pension plan.

February 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has announced that investment managers of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans can execute cross-trades if certain...