Compliance | April 2nd, 2012 BP Stock Drop Suit Dismissed April 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit against BP Plc North America relating to company stock investments in its retirement...
Compliance | March 22nd, 2012 J.P. Morgan Agrees to Settle Bear Stearns Stock Drop Suit March 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A $10 million settlement of a stock drop suit against Bear Stearns has been filed...
Compliance | February 23rd, 2012 Appellate Court Reopens Case Against State Street by GM Participants February 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a stock drop lawsuit brought by General...
Benefits | February 7th, 2012 Company Stock Holdings Decreased Since PPA February 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The share of plan assets in company stock fell seven percentage points for KSOPs, because...
Benefits | January 31st, 2012 Kodak Employee Files Lawsuit Regarding Retirement Plans January 31, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Kodak worker has filed a lawsuit against the company.
Administration | November 16th, 2011 BNY Mellon Employees File Lawsuit over Foreign Currency Trading November 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two former Bank of New York Mellon employees have filed a lawsuit on behalf of...
Benefits | November 11th, 2011 YRC Worldwide Agrees to $6.5M Settlement of Stock Drop Suits November 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - YRC Worldwide Inc. has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle lawsuits brought by its...
Reader Responses | October 27th, 2011 SURVEY SAYS: Is Litigation Prompting Plan Design Changes? October 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday intimated that revenue-sharing litigation was “prompting” plan...
Compliance | October 26th, 2011 Court Approves Settlement of Wachovia Stock Drop Suit October 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina has approved a...
Compliance | October 24th, 2011 Claim for ESOP Benefits Under State Law Preempted by ERISA October 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled a plan participant’s claim...
Compliance | October 19th, 2011 2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Citigroup Stock Drop Charges October 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that Citigroup fiduciaries did not abuse...
Administration | October 7th, 2011 Another Law Firm Starts BNY Mellon ERISA Investigation October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announced that it is investigating Bank of...
Compliance | October 7th, 2011 Court Dismisses Stock Drop Claims against Lehman Brothers October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that...
Administration | October 5th, 2011 BNY Mellon Now Targeted by ERISA “Investigation” October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Having drawn the scrutiny of regulators, Bank of New York Mellon now...
Compliance | September 28th, 2011 Florida Bank Wins Dismissal of Stock Drop Suit September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed claims that trustees and directors of Orion Bancorp’s Employee Stock...
Compliance | September 8th, 2011 Misstatements not Made in ERISA Fiduciary Capacity: Court September 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has given a mixed ruling...
Benefits | August 22nd, 2011 Settlement Reached in ESOP Fiduciary Breach Suit August 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – L.A. Times employees of media company Tribune who sued over the 2007 Sam Zell-led takeover...
Benefits | August 17th, 2011 Most Stock Drop Cases Involve 401(k) Plans August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new review of litigation on the issue of employer stock in retirement plans,...
Compliance | August 17th, 2011 DoL Files Brief in SunTrust Stock Drop Case August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis is asking an appellate court to uphold a...
Compliance | August 8th, 2011 Court Moves Forward Suit over State Street FX Practices August 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has moved forward claims by investors in State Street stock, including retirement...