Employer Cleared in Firing Dispute
May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Oregon has cleared an employer of wrongdoing in connection with allegations...
Tag: ERISA
GM Single Equity Suit Falls before Appellate Court
May 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) only requires overall plan level investment diversification,...
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Are non-ERISA 403(b)s' Days Numbered?
April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules requiring more sponsor involvement in 403(b) plans are making the job of staying...
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After the Regs: 403(b) Sponsors Contemplate Move to ERISA
April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A panel of industry professionals speaking on the state of 403(b) plans indicated that new...
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403(b) Summit: Industry Rap (ERISA Plans)
April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 403(b) plans are still in the grey zone, trying to figure out whether or...
Judge Dismisses Most of U.S. Sugar ERISA Breach Suit
April 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in South Florida has thrown out virtually all of the allegations leveled...
Court Dismisses Claims against JPMorgan Cash Balance Plan
April 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that JPMorgan...
Latest Ruling Splits MN District on Former Employee Standing
March 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent ruling by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District...
Former Kodak Employee Cannot Pursue More Pension Benefits
March 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled that a former...
Delphi Fiduciary Breach Suits Dismissed Against State Street
March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Michigan has ruled that State Street Bank and Trust Co. was...
ERISA Breach Suit Filed a Month Late
March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a fiduciary breach suit by a trustee of...
Most Fiduciary Breach Claims Dismissed in Waste Management Stock Case
March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out most of the fiduciary breach claims in a suit...
Court Rules Former Participant Has No Standing for ERISA Claims
March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has ruled that a former Wells...
Releases Signed by Former Employees Do Not Bar ERISA Claims
March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho has found that a release and...
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ERISA Survey Finds Many Sponsors Lacking on Fiduciary Details
March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds less than a third of retirement plan fiduciaries report a clear...
Ex-Hitachi HR Manager Pleads to $6.1M Fraud
March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dennis M. Dowd, formerly the senior manager of human resources of Hitachi America Ltd., has...
Court Finds Real Estate Deal Constituted ERISA Breach
March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a former pension trustee...
Attorney Fees Cannot be Paid with Participants Vested Benefits
February 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a law firm cannot obtain...
Court Finds no Interference of Benefits in Excessive Absence Termination
February 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has ruled that Lockheed Martin...
Judge Holds Employer Liable for Missing Plan Contributions
February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that the owner of a now-defunct Michigan construction firm is...