9th Circuit Revives Amgen Stock Drop Case
June 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court reversed the dismissal of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class...
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DOL Sues to Recover Misused Pension Funds
June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed lawsuits seeking to restore $4.9 million of...
ERISA Imposes No Duty to Disclose Certain Information
June 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court has held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not...
Release of Claims Bars Lawsuit for Pension Benefits
June 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A pension plan participant who signed a release of claims when he was laid off...
Regulations: What’s Happened and What’s Coming
May 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors have been dealing with several regulatory initiatives in the past year and...
7th Circuit Applies Presumption of Prudence to Marshall & Ilsley
April 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined Marshall & Ilsley was entitled to a...
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PwC Releases ERISA Reporting Guide
April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – PwC released its 2013 ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Guide.
AUL’s Revenue-Sharing Practices No Fiduciary Breach
April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found in favor of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL)...
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FRA Launches ERISA Litigation Blog
April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fiduciary Risk Assessment (FRA)/PlanTools has launched a blog and companion ERISA Litigation Index.
Ambulance Company Failed to Credit Employee Contributions
April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says a bankrupt ambulance services company in LaVergne, Tennessee,...
Fidelity Accused of Self-Dealing in New Lawsuit
April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit filed against Fidelity (FMR) accuses it of self-dealing at the expense of its...
“Top Hat” Plan Assets Not Protected by ERISA
April 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court ruled an executive’s supplemental retirement plan assets are not protected from his employer’s...
ERISA Litigator Joins Drinker Biddle
April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Theodore M. Becker joined law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner in...
Council Makes Suggestions for Beneficiary Designation Process
April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Advisory Council recommended steps the Department of Labor (DOL) should take to improve...
Benefits Recovery Should Not Hurt Participants
April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a health plan can recover benefits paid when...
Another Lawsuit Questions Sponsor's Church Plan Status
April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former employee of Dignity Health, a California-based health care provider, has filed a complaint...
ESOP Shareholder Claims Not Preempted by ERISA
April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has remanded a case filed by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)...
ESOP Shareholder Claims Not Preempted by ERISA
April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has remanded a case filed by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)...
Interest on Unpaid Pension Benefits Inadequate
April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appeals court recently affirmed a previous award of unpaid pension benefits, but reversed the...
DRO Not Qualified After Benefit Payments Start
April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A domestic relations order (DRO) cannot be qualified under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...