404(c) in the Modern World
March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Current regulations and the current plan administration landscape make it more likely plan sponsors are...
Tag: ERISA
Adviser Found Not Liable for Plans' Bad Investment
March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court found a registered investment adviser for two pension plans was not...
Failed to Provide Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan Notice?
February 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Failed to provide the safe harbor 401(k) plan notice to employees eligible to participate in...
No Harm Required to Seek Plan Reformation
February 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has found a retirement plan participant need not show “harm” to...
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Non-ERISA 403(b)s an Endangered Species
February 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aside from government and non-electing church plans, is there really such thing as a non-ERISA...
DOL Cracking Down on Unremitted Contributions
February 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced enforcement efforts against two retirement plan sponsors that failed...
DOL Challenges Court Decision in Excessive Fee Case
January 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, has filed a federal court brief disputing a district...
SPARK Asks for Flexibility on Fee Disclosures
January 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The SPARK Institute Inc., a lobbying group for retirement plan service providers, is hoping to...
DOL Recovers $10M for ESOP
January 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New York-based home-care agency and its former owners have resolved issues with the Department...
Appeals Court Upholds Anti-Cutback Decision
January 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that an employer did not violate anti-cutback rules...
11th Circuit Discredits Company's Intent for Pension Claim
January 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent court decision reinforces the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s (ERISA) requirement that plan...
Retirement Plan Participants Must Prove Harm to Sue
January 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has ruled that in a case involving allegations of harm to...
Regions Financial to Settle Stock Drop Suit
January 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regions Financial Corporation has agreed to settle a lawsuit relating to its offering of company...
Fidelity Faces Lawsuit over Revenue-Sharing
January 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another participant in Fidelity Investments’ own retirement plan has brought a lawsuit saying participants paid...
Benefit Overpayment Refund Request Gets Court Approval
January 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plan sponsor’s request that a retiree pay back nearly $730,000 in overpayment of a...
The DOL Retirement Plan Pipeline in 2014
December 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The retirement industry is anticipating a fiduciary re-definition and rules about lifetime income illustrations for...
SCOTUS Upholds Litigation Limitation Period
December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of two lower courts in a case testing...
Lockheed Stable Value Suit to Continue as Class Action
December 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A class action claim regarding Lockheed Martin’s retirement plan stable value fund offering will go...
SCOTUS Takes Up Presumption of Prudence Issue
December 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case raising fiduciary issues and questions...
Court Weighs In on Church Plan Issue
December 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming an employer’s pension plan is...