Company President Ordered to Restore over $400K to Retirement Plans
May 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president of West End Lumber Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut has been ordered by the...
Tag: ERISA
High Court Approves ERISA's Equitable Relief Provisions
May 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court Monday upheld a decision by the 4th US Circuit Court of...
Reliance on HR Director Advice goes Against SPD
May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has dismissed a lawsuit brought...
Xerox Loses Another Retiree Benefit Challenge
May 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court decision for Xerox Corporation...
Law Provides no Remedy for Seeking Reimbursement of Overpaid Benefits
May 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a disability plan participant that...
Tech Firm Cleared of Co. Stock Misdeeds
April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New Jersey has cleared a networking company of wrongdoing in how...
Participant's Parents to get 401(k) Proceeds
April 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In light of a 401(k) plan provision that automatically withdrew beneficiary designations upon a participant's...
Wrongful Termination Claim not Preempted by ERISA
April 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of California rejected an employer's argument that...
Entity with Any Authority over Plan Assets is ERISA Fiduciary
April 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals has determined that a third party health plan...
Aon Company Stock Case Permitted to Move Forward
April 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has decided that participants in...
Trustee Not Liable for Participant-Directed Investments in Non-404(c) Plan
April 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals has determined that a plan trustee did not...
Appeals Court Voids Last Minute Pension Transfer
April 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a pension plan change made just before the...
Charges Dismissed Against Directed Trustee in Co. Stock Case
April 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed a claim against Putnam...
Worker's Early Retirement Not ERISA Violation
April 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer did not illegally interfere with a 55-year-old employee's right to pension benefits when...
Court Refuses to Dismiss GM Retirement Plan Suit
April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District Court in Michigan has refused General Motors Corp.'s motion to dismiss a...
Father and Son Held Liable for not Forwarding Employee Contributions
April 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of New York has held a father...
FleetBoston Cash Balance Suit Moves Forward
April 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Connecticut has ruled that a FleetBoston Financial...
Court Rules Against Trustees' Basis for Allocating Earnings
April 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has determined that a profit...
Chao Names 2006 Benefit Advisory Council Members
March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor (DoL) Elaine Chao on Friday tapped five new members of the...
Pension Can be Garnished to Pay Criminal Restitution
March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court's order quashing a...