Compliance

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission took another step toward transparency yesterday, voting unanimously in support of a new rule that would require mutual...

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A provider that violated the terms of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) was liable for a restoration of the benefits to the...

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multinational US companies can be taken to task in American courts for helping those committing human rights violations abroad, a federal appeals court...

September 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The issue of ERISA preemption is still in active debate in courts as judges in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania continue to weigh...

August 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington State Supreme Court justices may not have been able to find legal authority in state law for forcing health plans to cover...

August 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of advocates for blind consumers have filed a lawsuit against E*Trade Group seeking to force its entire automatic teller machine (ATM)...

August 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Performing usual professional functions that do not include a controlling interest in a plan governed by ERISA does not subject an attorney to...

August 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An online travel services retailer has agreed to a $1.1-million out-of-court settlement of a federal court sexual harassment lawsuit alleging that the firm's...

August 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was a distinct difference in perspective over a demand that National Semiconductor Corp. include a proxy vote about expensing stock options in...

August 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Newport, Rhode Island investment firm diverted more than $1 million in market returns due to clients into firm accounts instead, federal regulators...

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health benefit plans in North Carolina must now disclose to contract providers their fee and claims submission schedules and reimbursement policies before implementation.

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has approved a temporary lower funding requirement for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union-Pacific Maritime Association's (ILWU-PMA)...

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has taken Rite Aid Pharmacy to court, alleging that the pharmacy chain fired a Delaware pharmacy technician for asking...

August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASD has proposed a rule that would require disclosure of more information about compensation paid for the sale of mutual fund shares...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas state appeals court ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas is not a charity whose assets should benefit all state...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the preliminary nod to proposed rule changes giving shareholders better information on how to nominate...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have rubber stamped the now-widespread practice of allowing patients an independent review of a health maintenance organization's decision that...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As lawmakers continue discussions about forcing employers to equalize coverage for health problems with that offered for mental problems, Minnesota's high court ruled...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A handful of states still have not conformed to the retirement savings provisions of President Bush's Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act...

August 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health plan sponsor's decision to refuse payment of medical expenses incurred as a result of a participant's drug overdose was not arbitrary...