Compliance

July 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $54 million in damages to settle a sex discrimination suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

July 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ESOP Association has thrown its backing behind a new measure by a North Carolina Republican, which the group claims will improve employee...

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency sued an Orlando-area medical staffing agency for firing a 66-year-old nurse because of her age.

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawsuits against health maintenance organizations over the designation of a doctor as a primary care physician are barred by ERISA, a federal appeals...

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Federal appeals court ruled that a drug-testing company could collect on its dishonest employee insurance policy, despite no apparent intention to deceive.

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corning Inc.'s defined contribution plan committee did not breach members' fiduciary duty by not revealing potential harm to the company's stock from an...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorneys at the 2002 Annual Conference of the American Society of Pension Actuaries gave some practical tips for fiduciaries in complying with ERISA,...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with fresh accusations being leveled at the newly appointed federal accounting board chairman he backed, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US bankruptcy judge hearing WorldCom's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has green lighted a $25-million employee retention plan.

July 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has sued Local 19 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union and the trustees...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long line of cash balance pension plan supporters is testifying before the US House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee about the...

July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has staked its claim to joint jurisdiction over a bill in Congress to limit...

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former pilots of Trans World Airlines (TWA) believe they have been shortchanged on their pensions - and they have sued Carl Icahn, the...

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has opened the door a little wider for Pennsylvania workers seeking punitive damages in benefits lawsuits filed against their employer.

July 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled limits on medical malpractice wrongful death awards are constitutional.

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers belonging to ERISA-governed HMO plans can't file state-court lawsuits against their health maintenance organizations over rules that participants repay their health-care costs...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An alternative dispute resolution program at Halliburton Co. got a boost with a Texas Supreme Court decision affirming an employer's right to force...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has breathed new life into a legal battle by a former New Jersey emergency medical technician who claimed he...

May 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision to throw out a suit by a Mississippi health-plan administrator demanding repayment from a...

July 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government regulators are apparently delving deeper into the use of revenue sharing arrangements by 401(k) plans.