Supreme Court Refuses United Airlines ESOP Appeals
February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away two appeals involving State Street Bank & Trust...
Tag: ERISA
Attorney not Liable for Plan Fiduciary Misconduct
February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has dismissed legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought by...
DoL Gets outside Fiduciary for FL Plan
February 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has gotten a court-appointed independent fiduciary to manage a Fernandina...
Plan Loans Repayments Count for Bankruptcy Repayment
February 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A University of Toledo employee who took a loan from her profit-sharing retirement plan account...
Firm Cleared of Wrongdoing in Early Retirement Benefits Cut Dispute
February 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania heavy plate and structural fabricator was within its rights when it reduced a...
CPA Ordered to Pay $5,000 Restitution for Fiduciary Breach
February 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California CPA firm was ordered by a federal district court in Atlanta to make...
Southwest's Fiduciary Breach Case Against Brinson Goes Forward
February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
Judge Overrides Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation
February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a life insurance plan participant had designated his girlfriend as a beneficiary, a...
Trade Group Cleared of ERISA Violation Allegation
January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based food trade group has been cleared of allegations it violated federal law by...
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....
MI Prisoners Lose Pension Garnishment Appeal
January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a recent ruling by a federal appellate court, four prisoners in the Michigan prison...
Employers as Plan Sponsors Owe Fiduciary Duty to Participants
January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois has affirmed a plan participant's...
Appellate Court Reinstates Deferred Comp Plan Case
January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a case brought by a deferred...
Appellate Ruling Affirms Maryland's 'Wal-Mart' Health Law Dismissal
January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has handed a business lobbying group a legal victory by upholding...
Executives Jailed for Fleecing Company Benefit Plans
January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Lynchburg, Virginia, has handed prison sentences to two executives of...
Spouse Absent for 18 Months Can Get Death Benefits
December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment to a...
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Study: Health SPD Readability Too Advanced for Average Participants
December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average health care summary plan document (SPD) that contains information about eligibility, benefits and...
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USW Retirees Seek to Enforce Medical Benefit Promise
December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Steelworkers (USW) retirees and their union have filed a class action lawsuit against Continental...
Court Affirms Denial of Benefits to Drunk Driver
December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted summary judgment in...
Court Upholds Ruling in ERISA Conversion of Assets Case
December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction for conversion of plan...