Employer in Stock Drop Case Gets 2nd Chance
October 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Missouri has reversed himself and given a St. Peters, Missouri-based silicon...
Tag: ERISA
Inter-Plan Asset Transfer Elimination Upheld
October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has agreed with a lower court judge that an employer was...
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IMHO: Listening Post
September 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I recently found myself turning back to my notes from the PLANSPONSOR National...
President of Franklin Drywall Charged with Misusing Pension Funds
September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The owner and president of Franklin Drywall, a union sheet-rocking contractor based in Little Canada,...
Court Clarifies ERISA Benefits Disputes Discovery Rules
September 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that parties in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...
Court Preserves Early Retirement Subsidy Notice Issue
September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has cleared Solvay Chemicals Inc. of wrongdoing in its cash balance...
Court Finds Plan Trustee Could not Act on Knowledge of Breaches
September 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court in Illinois has ruled that participants of the Antioch Company Employee Stock...
Benefits |
WaMu to Settle Stock Drop Suits for $49M
September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has given preliminary approval of a settlement that would resolve lawsuits alleging...
Benefits |
Coca-Cola Employees Sue over Dropped Benefits during Strike
August 31, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of employees for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Washington have filed a lawsuit...
EBSA Issues Proposed Rule on ERISA Prohibited Transaction Exemption Procedures
August 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration has issued a proposed rule that would...
Court Moves Forward Claim BoA Cut Back Separate Account Benefits
August 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in North Carolina has moved forward a claim that Bank of America...
Benefits |
Law Firm Investigates Potential ERISA Violations by GlaxoSmithKline
August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC is investigating potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security...
Law Firm Probes Drugmaker for 401(k) Missteps
August 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New York law firm is investigating whether fiduciaries of the GlaxoSmithKline 401(k) plan violated...
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Chubb, Law Firm Team up for ERISA Guide
August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) law firm and an insurer have teamed up...
Divorce Decree Naming Child as Life Insurance Beneficiary is a QDRO
August 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled that a divorce decree...
EBSA Unveils Online ERISA Exemption Listing
August 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has launched an online index...
Court Finds Directed Custodian not a Fiduciary under ERISA
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A custodian that transferred retirement plan assets at the direction of plan trustees is not...
Bank Did not Violate ERISA by Seizing Plan Sponsor’s Bank Account
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A claim that Sovereign Bank breached fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
Preliminary Approval Given to Settlement of WaMu Cash Balance Suit
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $20-million settlement of claims against Washington...
Solis Opposes ERISA Statute of Limitations Argument
July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The three-year statute of limitations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) kicks off...