Compliance | September 26th, 2008 Participant Gets Go-Ahead in Company Stock Drop Case September 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has cleared the way for a participant invested in a...
Compliance | September 25th, 2008 MA Judge Orders Wal-Mart Compensation Case Declared a Class Action September 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts appellate court has overturned a lower court ruling that refused to certify as...
Benefits | September 24th, 2008 Baltimore Energy Firm Probed for Stock Drop Allegations September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pittsburgh law firm is investigating allegations that a Baltimore energy company committed a fiduciary...
Investing | September 15th, 2008 Transferring Participants Come "Home", Dump International September 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants continued to flee equities for the relative security of GIC/stable value during August.
Benefits | September 10th, 2008 Law Firm Probing Memphis Investment Bank 401(k) over Stock Drop September 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pittsburgh law firm is probing whether there were violations of the Employee Retirement Income...
Benefits | August 13th, 2008 Fifth Third Slapped with Stock-Drop Participant Lawsuit AUGUST 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifth Third Bancorp has joined the ranks of plan sponsors hit with a participant stock-drop...
Compliance | August 5th, 2008 Appeals Court Revives Home Depot Company Stock Suit August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit filed by former participants...
Benefits | July 31st, 2008 Unsound Business Practices by Bank Leads to Company Stock Suit July 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former employees of the now-closed ANB Financial are suing members of the bank's retirement plan...
Benefits | July 29th, 2008 UBS Now Faces 401(k) Plan Investigation July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC announced it is investigating possible violations of the Employee Retirement...
Benefits | July 21st, 2008 Wal-Mart Answers Excessive 401(k) Fee Allegations July 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a 35-page response to a class action lawsuit over excessive fees in its 401(k)...
Benefits | July 10th, 2008 NovaStar Faces 401(k) Company Stock Suit over Lending Practices July 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While other firms are being sued for investing in subprime mortgage-backed securities, NovaStar Financial, Inc....
Compliance | July 8th, 2008 Employers Must Provide Accommodations When Disability is Obvious July 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled an employer has a duty to...
Compliance | July 8th, 2008 Court Sides with Dell in Company Stock Suit July 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that fiduciaries of the...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2008 Wal-Mart Hit with $6.5M Payment in MN Comp Case July 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota state judge awarded $6.5 million in compensatory damages to Wal-Mart workers in the...
Compliance | May 15th, 2008 Court Rejects Revival of Company Stock Case Based on LaRue Ruling May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama rejected the attempt by an...
Benefits | May 5th, 2008 Sprint Sued for Fiduciary Breach over Company Stock May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant in the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan of Sprint Nextel Corporation has sued the...
Compliance | May 2nd, 2008 Merck Charged with Fiduciary Breach in Company Stock Suit May 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Merck & Co. 401(k) participant has charged the drugmaker with breaching its fiduciary duties...
Compliance | April 29th, 2008 Reliant Wins 2nd Stock Drop Case Ruling April 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge was correct in dismissing a 401(k) participant's company stock suit because the...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2008 Macy's Fiduciary Breach Suit Will Stay in Ohio April 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Macy's Inc.'s motion to move a fiduciary breach suit on behalf of a class of...
Benefits | April 21st, 2008 Wal-Mart Hit with Excessive 401(k) Fee Suit April 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Missouri Wal-Mart employee and participant in its 401(k) plan has filed an excessive fee...