NYSE Leave of Absence Policy not Discriminatory
October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled the New...
Tag: ERISA
Supreme Court Lets Stand QPSA Decision
October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a case in which the 9th...
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...
IL Court Allows Suit Against Bowater
September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has allowed Frank Crosby to...
Health Plan Beneficiary Denied Compensation of Attorneys' Fees
September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled that a plan...
Plan Description Protects Against Inaccurate Benefits Estimates
September 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative committee for a...
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'...
Court Awards Penalties for Missing Piece of SPD
September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has awarded statutory penalties to...
Judge Throws Out Spousal Waiver of Benefits
September 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has agreed with a woman who claimed that a...
Drunk Driving Death Not Self-Inflicted Injury
September 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that Metropolitan Life Insurance...
Appellate Court Allows Non-lawyer Charges on ERISA Case Bill
September 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to charging fees for their services, lawyers working on Employee Retirement Income Security...
Former Employee Fails to Prove Benefits Interference
August 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio determined that a former employee...
Court Orders MI Retiree Health Plan Reinstated
August 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered that a Michigan auto parts manufacturer reinstate its retiree health...
Court Rejects Estranged Wife's Appeal for Survivor Benefits
August 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that even if the estranged wife...
Employer Cannot be Fiduciary Before its Existence
August 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that a spin-off...
Lockheed Cleared of Fiduciary Misstep in Rollover Dispute
August 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has cleared Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Inc. (LMES) of wrongdoing in...
DoL Removes DC Union in Fiduciary Breach Case
August 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced that they have obtained a temporary federal court restraining order, removing...
Court Applies "Catch-all" Statute of Limitations to Retirees' Claim
August 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals determined a group of retirees of the United...
Ex-Motorola Worker Cannot File Company Stock Suit
August 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because a former Motorola employee no longer participated in the company's 401(k) plan and had...
Deferred Comp Plan Not a Top Hat
August 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Because an employer allowed non-management non-highly compensated staff members to be in a deferred compensation...