Plan Definition of NRA Did Not Lead to Backloading
August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America did not employ a normal retirement age (NRA) for its cash balance...
Tag: ERISA
Employer May Withdraw From Multi-Employer Plan in Critical Status
August 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Protection Act (PPA) does not bar an employer from withdrawing from a multi-employer...
DOL Sues Auto Supplier for Diverting Retirement Assets
August 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor is suing to restore $34.6 million in assets to two...
Stepchildren Not “Children” for Purposes of Death Benefit
August 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has determined a plan administrator was right in bypassing a deceased...
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Participant Fee Disclosures Stir the Pot. Who Will Get Cooked?
August 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - The act of distributing participant-level fee disclosures is likely to focus more employee attention...
Overestimate of Pension Benefit Not a Fiduciary Breach
August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent Employee Retirement Security Act (ERISA) court case demonstrates the importance of disclaimers in...
Vending Company President Charged with Embezzlement
August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former president of a Wisconsin company and trustee of its 401(k) plan has been...
Court Moves Forward Request for Benefit Calculation Details
August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has determined that retirement plan participants have a right to sue a...
Plan Providers Sued for “Unsuitable” Retirement Program
August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two small businesses and participants in their retirement plans are suing fiduciaries who gave them...
New DOL Guidance Provides Relief, But Concerns Remain
July 31, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan fiduciaries will hopefully find relief in new guidance about participant fee disclosures for brokerage...
Groups Urge Court to Give Judicial Deference to Plan Administrator
July 31, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Industry groups are urging a federal appellate court to uphold a ruling for judicial deference to...
Coventry Health Care Inc. Sued Under ERISA
July 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Coventry Health Care Inc. has been accused of breaching its fiduciary duties under the Employee...
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Law Firm Introduces ERISA Legal Solution
July 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Rosenbaum Law Firm introduced Retirement Plan LegalEase, an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...
Employer to Pay $500K for Failing to Monitor TPA
July 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered the president of Columbus-based Clark Graphics, Mary Clark, to restore...
4th Circuit Uses High Court Decision to Allow for Surcharge
July 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has found a life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment plan...
Transfer to New QDIA Did Not Violate ERISA
July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A 403(b) plan sponsor did not violate its fiduciary duties when it transferred participants’ accounts...
Supreme Court to Revisit Reimbursement of Benefits Issue
June 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to determine whether an employee benefits plan is subject to...
DOL Sues LifeCare of Alabama
June 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is suing a private ambulance service and its CEO for...
DOL Secures 401(k) Funds from Government Contractor
June 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The former CEO of a defunct Southern California electrical contractor has agreed to restore more...
Court Finds Custodian Not an ERISA Fiduciary
June 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bankruptcy trustee has standing to sue the custodian of 401(k) plan assets from which...