Michigan Woman Not Entitled to $142,000 in Insurance Proceeds
May 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan state appeals court has ruled that a woman who agreed to give up claims on her husband's plan benefits as part...
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Court: Unpaid Plan Contributions can be Discharged in Bankruptcy
May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owners of a former Oklahoma construction company can include the $120,000 they owe to various multi-employer benefit funds in their US Bankruptcy...
DoL: Keep Plan Assets out of SS Policy Debate
May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Department of Labor (DoL) official has issued a stern warning against plan sponsors using plan assets to lobby for or against...
Employer Didn't Deprive Fired Worker of Benefits
May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas federal judge has turned away a worker's allegations that a telecommunications company illegally interfered with his right to benefits when it...
Judge: Health TPA Liable for Employee's Embezzlement
May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ruling on an issue for the first time among federal courts in the Northwest US, an Alaska federal magistrate has recommended that a...
Appeals Court Throws Out IBM Age Discrimination Waiver
May 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former IBM engineer at the computer giant's Rochester, Minnesota office won a second chance to press age discrimination claims relating to his...
GAO Rejects Dems Challenge of Social Security Mailing
May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government watchdog agency has turned aside accusations from eight Democratic US senators, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, that the Social Security Administration is...
US Supreme Court Stays Out of Pilots' Age Suit
May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has refused a request from a pilot's group to review a federal rule mandating their retirement when they reach...
Alaska DC Bill Survives House Committee Challenges
May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Alaska Legislature's House Finance Committee has given its stamp of approval to a retirement reform bill that would provide defined contribution accounts...
Tax Court Upholds IRS Approval of Interest Rate Change
May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Tax Court has upheld an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decision that a suburban Philadelphia company did not illegally cut back...
NJ Court Orders Disability Rehearing
May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Jersey state appeals court has ordered a new hearing into a request by a former secretary for disability benefits because she...
Wisconsin Court Green Lights Subrogation Action
January 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a decision by a trial court that a self-funded group health plan can try to recover benefits...
Jury Slaps Insurer with $30 Million in Punitive Damages
January 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California eye surgeon walked off with a $31.7-million jury award in his lawsuit against an insurance company for denying his disability claims...
PBGC Files Claims for Energy Firm's Pension Liabilities
January 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) has filed unsecured claims against EOTT Energy Partners and its bankrupt affiliates for liabilities from several pension...
Louisiana Legislators Consider Pension Overhaul Bill with Retirement Age Increase
April 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Louisiana state employees would not be eligible for retirement benefits until the age of 60 under legislation approved by a state House committee.
Cardin's Pension Legislation Would Repeal Roth 401(k) Option
April 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland) has introduced the Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act of 2005 that he says attempts to make it...
Alaskan Pension Overhaul Bill Seeing Final Changes Before House Vote
April 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Alaska pension overhaul bills have been given to four members of the state House Finance Committee, with the ultimate goal being a...
Rover Plans Trustee Turns to UK Pension Insurer
April 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It has only been a few weeks since the Pension Protection Fund opened its doors as the UK's version of the Pension Benefit...
Plan Trustee Who Is Also Investment Advisor to Plan In Violation of ERISA
April 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A plan trustee who causes a defined contribution plan to invest in a particular fund in which the trustee is an investment advisor...
Florida SC: Divided Pension Assets Can Be Used to Pay Alimony
April 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a man was correctly ordered by a court to use some of the pension assets he...