MI Appellate Court Throws Out 401(k) Distribution Injunction
April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan company fighting to block a 401(k) distribution to the firm's former purchasing agent...
Tag: ERISA
Kraft Fee Suit Plaintiffs Lose Jury Trial Effort
March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because 401(k) participants suing Kraft Foods Global Inc., over plan fees are relying on the...
Plan Committee Can Seek Reimbursement of Disability Overpayment
March 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that a retirement...
Surviving Spouse Plan Requirements Cannot be Changed by Oral Representation
March 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that a pension...
Participant Loses ERISA Claim over Plan Funding Issues
March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a health-care facility can't sue his old employer for not properly...
Court Approves Settlement of New York Life Self-Dealing Case
March 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania has approved a $14 million settlement of a nine-year legal...
Eating Disorder Coverage Suit Moves On as ERISA Case
March 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that federal benefits law pre-empts state law in a class...
ERISA Lawyers: Don't Expect Lawsuit Tsunami after LaRue Ruling
February 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - It's not likely that this week's long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court ruling blessing individual participant-filed fiduciary...
Justices OK Individual ERISA Suits in Landmark Ruling
February 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a landmark ruling eagerly awaited by the retirement services community, the U.S. Supreme Court...
Supreme Court to Decide Issue of Ex-spouse Waiver of Benefits
February 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which the 5th U.S....
Breach Suit against Broker Dismissed for Timing
February 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A profit-sharing plan participant's fiduciary breach suit against the plan's broker was filed after the...
Federal Appellate Court Upholds ERISA Claim Dismissal
February 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a lower court ruling that a law firm...
Payment of Child Support with Plan Assets not a State Law Issue
February 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined it was an error for a...
IBM Retiree Loses Pension Suit – Again
February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has thrown out a lawsuit by a former IBM...
Appellate Court Splits with Sister Court on 401(k) Breach Remedies
January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders whether a 401(k) participant can pursue a fiduciary breach...
Court Approves Reimbursement of Benefits for Beneficiary not a Legal Spouse
January 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has determined that a health...
Plan Administrator Cleared of Wrongdoing in Restitution Demand
January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge has ruled that the administrator of a profit-sharing plan was entitled to...
Fiduciary Breach Suit over 'Transfer Adjustment' Fee Allowed to Proceed
January 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Indiana is allowing a Merrillville, Indiana law firm to continue with...
Judge Tosses Fee/Commission Conspiracy Case against Workplace Insurers
January 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - After declaring that none of the six major insurance providers accused in a commission conspiracy...
ERISA Does not Preempt State Law Claims of Unsafe Workplace
January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a former employee's claims under...