No Breach in Fiduciary Duties of Airlines' Co. Stock Cases
June 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the 7th US Circuit...
Tag: ERISA
Court Holds Administrator Liable for Relationship with Known Embezzler
June 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a health fund administrator breached...
Court Says Plan Accountant Violated Fiduciary Responsibilities
June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge ruled that an accountant for a profit-sharing plan bears some responsibility for...
DoL Bars Health Plan Provider for Mismanagement of Benefits
June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a consent order against the sponsor and service...
Court Turns Down Participant Claim for Account Restoration
June 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a...
Supreme Court Rejects Priority for Workers' Comp Premiums
June 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that workers' compensation premiums owed by an employer are...
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FedEX Plea to Dismiss ERISA Claim in Drivers' Class Action Suit Denied
A federal judge rebuffed Tuesday a request by FedEX lawyers to throw out the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...
Different Retaliation Claims Warrant Different Court Conclusions
June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota recently sent one retaliation claim to...
Court Rules that Participant's ERISA Rights Supersede State Prison's Order
June 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals found that Michigan prisoners' rights as participants in...
Judge Rules that Employee Can Sue Under State Laws in Pension Dispute
June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court of Eastern New York denied the request of Cendant Corp. and...
Judge Sentences Woman to One Year for Pension Embezzlement
May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After pleading guilty to 13 accounts of embezzlement from a retirement pension fund, a Greenville,...
Employee Complaints about Plan Violations Protected by ERISA
May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that an employee's complaint...
Company President Ordered to Restore over $400K to Retirement Plans
May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of West End Lumber Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut has been ordered by the...
High Court Approves ERISA's Equitable Relief Provisions
May 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court Monday upheld a decision by the 4th US Circuit Court of...
Reliance on HR Director Advice goes Against SPD
May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has dismissed a lawsuit brought...
Xerox Loses Another Retiree Benefit Challenge
May 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court decision for Xerox Corporation...
Law Provides no Remedy for Seeking Reimbursement of Overpaid Benefits
May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a disability plan participant that...
Tech Firm Cleared of Co. Stock Misdeeds
April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Jersey has cleared a networking company of wrongdoing in how...
Participant's Parents to get 401(k) Proceeds
April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In light of a 401(k) plan provision that automatically withdrew beneficiary designations upon a participant's...
Wrongful Termination Claim not Preempted by ERISA
April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of California rejected an employer's argument that...