Compliance

February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With shades of the allegations made against beleaguered energy trader Enron, employees are suing Nortel Networks Corp., claiming they were improperly forced to...

February 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has reached an agreement that will replace members of the embattled Enron Corporation Administrative Committee as...

December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York has found an erroneous statement does not translate into larger retirement...

December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a change that could allow more investors access to online investment advice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to...

December 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new regulations to give investors more up-to-date information on mutual fund holdings and expenses.

October 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Harvey Pitt wants to modernize accounting rules and move away from quarterly reports to real-time release of...

October 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to develop new procedures for fairly and accurately valuing non-publicly traded company stock purchased by employee stock ownership...

October 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. will credit the pension accounts of thousands of current and former female employees who took pregnancy or maternity leave, entitling...

October 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment consultants and financial advisors with a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation have a new rule book.

October 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Indianapolis-area Burger King employee who claimed her supervisor strip-searched her as a result of a prank call last year has filed a...

October 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued proposed regulations designed to assist plan sponsors with the implementation of the new ?catch-up? contributions.

September 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio state insurance officials have moved to shut down an unlicensed health insurance company that had been offering medical and hospital coverage to...

August 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that qualified plans are covered by ERISA even if all of the participants are part owners of...

June 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Normal time limits on when people can sue for long-term discrimination or harassment may still not preclude a lawsuit if the treatment extends...

June 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owners of a suburban Philadelphia office building can't be held liable under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because the office with...

May 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate has passed the Restoring Earnings to Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act by a 62-38 margin, sending the pension reform-bearing...

May 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An unfair labor practice complaint that would have given union organizers access to workers inside Wal-Mart stores was dismissed by the National Labor...

May 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) has filed a lawsuit against the State of North Carolina over the diversion of employer...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SEC has told a small group of Willamette Industries employees to cease and desist in their opposition to a hostile takeover scheme...

April 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Republican-led house rebuffed a Democratic alternative and instead approved a measure modeled after President Bush's response to the Enron debacle.