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December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Similar to the 1997 Boxer bill, the Pension Protection Act of 2001 seeks to limit the exposure of participants to the downfalls of...

December 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The likelihood that the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) would take over the pension plans of the entire steel industry in the event...

December 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in multi-employer retirement plans will get a bit more security, thanks to an increase in the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation's guarantee limit.

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced that the maximum benefit it will guarantee for retirees in underfunded, single-employer defined benefit plans...

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday extended the GUST remedial plan amendment period from December 31, 2001 to February 28, 2002.

November 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced a new investment advice bill, one that purports to protect employers without...

November 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House will consider H.R. 2269, the Retirement Security Advice Act, authored by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) tomorrow, just...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) came out with both barrels blazing as it argued in court papers that former Enron Corp. executives...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Cendant Corp. Internet executive has been awarded $496,344 in damages for her claims her rights were violated under the Connecticut Family Medical...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US accounting regulators have taken the first steps toward a possible globalization of rules for the profession.

October 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform continued to creep ahead yesterday as the President and Speaker of the House exchanged letters outlining their respective priorities - and...

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A federal appeals court has upheld a San Francisco ordinance that requires all airline carriers utilizing the city's international airport to offer domestic partner...

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Security Advice Act (H.R. 2269) may be addressed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee as early as the end...

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A Senate panel hearing on legislation that would require contraceptives to be covered under private health plans has brought the bill is one step...

July 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court ruling proved to be a mixed bag for a Pennsylvania snack distribution company, with judges tossing two findings of...

June 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court of Massachusetts granted a motion for summary judgment to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Bull HN...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looks like pension reform will hitch a ride with the compromise tax bill introduced in the Senate on Friday - but the Senate...

May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies with defined benefit pension plans now have additional guidance about how to apply the new rules allowing administrators to use 100% of...

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which provides jobs for 900,000 US workers, 650,000 of whom are covered by the group's pension plan, opposes Senator Edward...

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fearing that their employer might seek federal bankruptcy protection, a group of Arthur Andersen retirees has gone to court to force the company...