NASD Fines Jefferies $5.5M for 'Improper Gifts' to Fidelity Traders
December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASD announced Monday it has slapped Jefferies & Company with a $5.5-million fine for...
Tag: Litigation
Employee Fired for Plan Inquiry Awarded Damages
November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has awarded damages and attorney's fees...
Company Fined for Failure to Provide Plan Documents
November 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has ruled that a plan...
Delphi Hit with Financial Fraud Charges
October 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged auto parts supplier Delphi Corporation and 13...
Employee Carpal Tunnel Claim is not Time-Barred
October 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that an employee's claim for...
NYSE Leave of Absence Policy not Discriminatory
October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled the New...
District Court Gives Nod to $445M HealthSouth Settlement
September 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama approved the $445 million settlement...
SEC Gives Final Passage to 22c-2 Changes
September 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators this week gave final approval to the much anticipated redemption fee rule amendments...
Health Plan Beneficiary Denied Compensation of Attorneys' Fees
September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled that a plan...
IL Court Allows Suit Against Bowater
September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has allowed Frank Crosby to...
Court Considers Questionable Term Date in COBRA Violation Case
September 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said an employer may have...
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Suit Claims Plan Administrator Stole $7M of Retirement Assets
September 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CEO of a Tennessee corporate benefits administrator has been accused of stealing $7 million...
Securities America and Broker Charged in Fraud Exxon Retirees
September 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASD has announced that it has fined Securities America, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska, $2.5 million...
Ex-Wife of Business Owner Only Entitled to COBRA After Termination
September 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has determined that the qualifying...
NC Court Rules Against Governor on Pension Plan Case
September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A North Carolina Superior Court judge has ruled that Governor Mike Easley and other state...
DoL Works out $12M Enron Settlement with Lay Estate
September 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two months after the death of former Enron chief Kenneth Lay, the government has worked...
US Appeals Court Rejects Halliburton's Request to Reduce Retiree Benefits
September 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that Halliburton could not alter retiree health...
Court Rejects Discrimination Suit Against Prudential Plan
August 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a company did not breach its...
Court Finds SPD Created Expectations of Benefits
August 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that accidental death...
Sprint Settles $29M Suit with Plan Participants Claiming Fiduciary Breach
August 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Judge gave his nod to a settlement by Sprint Nextel Corp. to...