Compliance

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kansas federal judge has cleared the way for a K plan fiduciary breach lawsuit filed by participants at Westar Energy Inc. to...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple has lost its legal challenge over whether their gain from the exercise of nonqualified stock options is covered by California's income...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit over allegations that a company's thrift savings plan purchased company stock at inflated prices,...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has signed into law a bill allowing employees to take up to 30 days of paid leave for organ...

October 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer announced that it has taken over the plan covering 3,700 workers and retirees of Huffy Corp.

October 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As plan sponsor and administrator, Harding Tube Corp. was found liable for failure to notify a group insurer about a COBRA election and...

October 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Florida employers may soon be forced to allow employees to have guns locked in their cars at the workplace.

October 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he has placed a "hold" - a procedural blocking action - on the Senate's pension reform bill until...

October 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Monday announced an $8 million deal with UnumProvident Corporation calling for the company to change the way...

September 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that directed trustees are not obligated under ERISA...

September 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Treasury Department on Thursday released its second round of guidance under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with deferred...

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer groups are applauding a ruling Tuesday by a federal judge in Philadelphia clearing the way for new federal rules allowing companies to...

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has signed into law a series of tax breaks for Katrina victims including the loosening of rules for distributions and loans...

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two US House of Representatives lawmakers have introduced a bill encouraging the use of annuities as retirement savings vehicles.

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vermont's lawsuit against the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) over its imported prescription drug policy has been thrown out.

September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Judge Joyce Draganchuk of the Ingham County Circuit Court in Michigan has ruled that domestic partners of public employees in the state can...

September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A key Republican in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday predicted that lawmakers will put out a pension reform bill, but cautioned...

September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former employees of a Pennsylvania company lost the bid to gain severance benefits when a federal judge ruled they were...

September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representatives Rob Andrews (D-NJ) and Jim Nussle, (R-IA) are co-sponsoring a bill called the Small Employer Defined Benefit Expansion Act, that combines the...

September 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling and decided that a deceased participant's husband was due her employer-provided...