Court Allows Retaliation Charge of Health Plan Participant
March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has allowed a health plan...
Tag: ERISA
Textron ESOP Claims Thrown Out
March 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Textron Inc. employees have hit a major legal roadblock in their long-standing battle to...
Plan Fiduciaries and TPAs May Recover Fees After Settlement
March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has decided that plan...
Employer's Late COBRA Notice Did not Extend Coverage Period
March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has ruled that an employer...
Whole 5th Circuit Revives Conversion Blackout Suit
March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A full panel of federal appellate judges has breathed new life into a legal battle...
Search Firm Exec Jailed for Siphoning Off Pension Assets
February 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Washington, DC has sentenced the former owner of an executive search...
Spouse not Informed of Effect of Beneficiary Waiver
February 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that a deceased...
Late Distribution of SPD Not Reason for Employee Ignorance
February 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ruled that a...
Judge Backs Employer for Benefits Forfeiture
February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois has rejected allegations that an employee was due significantly higher...
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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Recent Health Care Mandates
February 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retail Industry Leaders Association has filed a lawsuit challenging the new Fair Share Health...
Participant Not Required by Investment Agreement to Arbitrate Claim
February 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a participant is not required...
State Law Claims are Valid for Employees No Longer Participants
February 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of New York has remanded the state...
'ES' Beneficiary Designation on Insurance Form Thrown Out
February 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a man who entered a relationship code on...
Energy Firm Cleared of Co Stock Fiduciary Breach
February 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has cleared Reliant Energy of charges that it breached its...
Staffing Agency Worker Not Entitled to Benefits
February 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has ruled that a woman...
Court Gives Go Ahead for Benefits Interference Case
February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has given three former employees...
Health Care Plan Administrator Cannot Limit Enrollment of Employee on Leave
February 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of South Dakota has ruled that a health...
EBSA Achieves $1.7 Billion in Enforcement Actions Results
January 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) achieved $1.7 billion in results from actions to enforce...
PBGC Enhances Reporting and Disclosure Web Application
January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has updated its e-4010 Web-based application for reporting financial,...
Plan Sponsor Gets Jail Term for Pension, Benefit Embezzlement
January 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman convicted of embezzling more than $17,000 from her employees' pension and benefit plans...