Compliance

June 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has sought the Justice Department's opinion on the reach of the federal law that prohibits discrimination against the disabled.

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge rejected an attempt by retired Arthur Andersen partners to shield their pensions from the impact of the firm's divestiture of...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) unveiled his much-anticipated Democratic compromise pension reform bill, the features of which closely resemble those contained in President Bush's...

May 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The RELIEF tax act got through the week untouched by the Senate, as moderate Democrats joined with Republicans to block amendments to the...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California courts' practice of holding employers strictly liable for supervisor sexual harassment has been called into question by a recent 9th U.S. Circuit...

March 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Tim Hutchinson (R-Arkansas) has introduced a bill containing President Bush's proposals for pension protection - and a version of Representative John Boehner's...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following today's testimony from the Secretary of Labor, tomorrow a House Committee will begin to wade through the details of the Enron 401(k)...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron executives considered delaying the conversion of their 401(k) plan, but were concerned about the communication of the timing change and decided to...

February 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a week already cluttered with legislative attempts to prevent another Enron, a Pennsylvania Congressman has joined the fray.

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that would simplify the minimum distribution rules for qualified plans (incl. 403bs and 457s) and IRAs.

January 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators announced Wednesday they have adopted a new rule aimed at preventing investors from being misled by deceptive names of mutual...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers in North Carolina, fighting to have $151 million in withheld pension funds returned to them, have lost their appeal to the state...

December 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer is moving to take over seven badly underfunded pension plans from National Steel Corp., which collectively represent a $1.1-billion...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Merck security investigator Michele Alifano won one significant legal battle and lost another one in her fight for workplace protections because of...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Southern California Gas Company employees filed a proposed class action lawsuit against their employer, claiming that the gas distributor required...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with self-directed brokerage accounts got a break when Department of Labor (DoL) officials said they could lump together assets held through...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Georgia court dismissed a case the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had brought against a man who bought VeriFone stock based on...

December 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Information copies of the new Form 5000 schedules and instructions were released today.

October 17, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch rejected a negligence claim by the UK pension fund of consumer giant Unilever, saying the fund knew it was buying an investment...

October 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a big setback to organized labor, the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee voted 11-10 in favor of the nomination of Eugene...