Compliance | March 15th, 2006 DoL Investigating Possible Northwest ERISA Violations March 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) is looking into actions by Northwest Airlines leading to...
Compliance | January 26th, 2006 Insurance Broker Accused of Stealing Plan Assets Deemed a Fiduciary January 26, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance broker accused of issuing fake policies to 29 workplace plans and stealing clients'...
Compliance | January 20th, 2006 Participant-chosen Financial Advisor is a Plan Fiduciary January 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL), in an advisory opinion letter, says that a financial advisor...
Compliance | December 5th, 2005 Court Finds Employer May Have Misrepresented Benefits Following Sale December 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied summary judgment in...
Benefits | November 17th, 2005 Survey Finds More Sponsors Minding Governance Ps and Qs November 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that 85% of plan sponsors now have a written investment...
Compliance | November 16th, 2005 Court Clears Independent Fiduciary of ERISA Breach in USAir Case November 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Virginia federal judge has cleared a Washington, DC-based independent fiduciary of a fiduciary breach...
Benefits | November 11th, 2005 Halliburton Resolves Pension Violations November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Halliburton Co. has revealed that is has resolved three cases involving mishandling of employee pension...
Compliance | September 30th, 2005 Directed Trustees Not Expected to Second Guess September 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled...