Compliance | March 15th, 2007 Boeing Cash Balance Ruling Adds to Pro-CB Case Law March 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the dictates of a recent appellate court finding about the legality of cash balance...
Benefits | February 27th, 2007 PPA and Accounting Regulations Prompt FedEx Retirement Plan Changes February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corporation said Tuesday it was making some changes to its retirement offerings, which includes...
Compliance | February 27th, 2007 Latest Cash Balance Ruling Backs Plan Design February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Case law supporting the legality of cash balance plans continues to grow with the most...
Benefits | February 20th, 2007 SunTrust Drops Retiree Health Subsidy, Adds Cash Balance Plan February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -SunTrust Banks has announced a variety of changes to its pension and benefits programs including starting...
Compliance | January 30th, 2007 Cash Balance Proponents Get Two Legal Victories January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Backers of the highly controversial cash balance plans have won two legal victories in recent...
Compliance | January 25th, 2007 DoL Sues CT Firm for Misuse of Plan Funds January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against New Britain, Connecticut-based Macristy Industries Inc....
Benefits | January 23rd, 2007 Communicating DB Change to Participants – Be Relevant, "Real" At a time when new retirement legislation and pension accounting rules are prompting plan sponsors to make changes to their...
Compliance | January 16th, 2007 US Supreme Court Turns Away IBM Cash Balance Appeal January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a desire by many in the retirement services community for legal clarity in the...
Compliance | January 16th, 2007 IRS: Cycle A Moratorium Plans to be Submitted by End of the Month January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cash balance moratorium plans considered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as being in Cycle...
Compliance | January 9th, 2007 Justices to Consider Taking IBM Cash Balance Appeal January 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the most controversial cash balance plan conversions could get its day in the...
Compliance | January 3rd, 2007 Judge Denies AT&T Request to Reconsider Cash Balance Ruling January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Judge Janet Hall of the US District Court for the District of Connecticut denied AT&T...
Compliance | December 27th, 2006 Court Makes Citigroup Cash Balance Suit a Class Action December 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York, who declared that Citigroup's cash balance plan was age...
Compliance | December 21st, 2006 IRS Opens Floodgates on Cash Balance Conversion Letter Requests December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Facing a backlog of about 1,200 requests for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determination letters on...
Compliance | December 14th, 2006 Court Gives Thumbs Down to Citigroup Cash Balance Plan December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has ruled in a lawsuit that Citigroup's cash balance...
Benefits | November 8th, 2006 MeadWestvaco Adds Cash Balance to DB Offering November 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MeadWestvaco Corporation has announced it is changing its US defined benefit pension plan covering salaried...
Compliance | November 2nd, 2006 District Court Disagrees with Logic in Landmark Cash Balance Ruling November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that a...
Compliance | October 30th, 2006 Court Rebuffs Fleet/BoA Cash Balance Ruling Reconsideration Request October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has rebuffed the latest effort by FleetBoston Financial Corp. to derail a...
Compliance | September 29th, 2006 Cash Balance Plan not in Breach of Age Discrimination Laws September 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled that the cash balance...
Compliance | September 8th, 2006 ERISA Requires Specific Retirement Age for Cash Balance Plans September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday that PriceWaterhouseCoopers'...
Compliance | September 6th, 2006 Plaintiffs in IBM Cash Balance Case Threaten Supreme Court Appeal September 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a federal appeals court gave its blessing to IBM Corp.'s cash balance pension plan,...