Compliance | February 24th, 2014 No Harm Required to Seek Plan Reformation February 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has found a retirement plan participant need not show “harm” to...
Compliance | February 14th, 2014 DOL Acts to Distribute Terminated Plan Assets February 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has received a consent judgment and order allowing it to...
Compliance | February 12th, 2014 Plan Trustees to Restore $4 Million to Illinois Plan February 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two Department of Labor (DOL) lawsuits have resulted in plan trustees of an Aurora, Illinois,...
Compliance | February 7th, 2014 DOL Cracking Down on Unremitted Contributions February 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced enforcement efforts against two retirement plan sponsors that failed...
Compliance | February 5th, 2014 DOL Recovers Assets for Kentucky Pension Plan February 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered plan assets for a Kentucky-based pension plan, as...
Compliance | February 5th, 2014 Groups Ask for Stronger Presumption in Stock Drop Case February 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A brief of amici curiae was recently filed with the U.S. Supreme Court for a...
Compliance | February 5th, 2014 DOL Sues Contractors over Prohibited Loans, Investments February 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against a Lilburn, Georgia contracting firm,...
Compliance | January 28th, 2014 DOL Challenges Court Decision in Excessive Fee Case January 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, has filed a federal court brief disputing a district...
Compliance | January 27th, 2014 DOL, SEC Reach Settlements with Western Asset Management January 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has reached a settlement with Western Asset Management Company, a...
Compliance | January 22nd, 2014 DOL Recovers $10M for ESOP January 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New York-based home-care agency and its former owners have resolved issues with the Department...
Compliance | January 21st, 2014 Appeals Court Upholds Anti-Cutback Decision January 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that an employer did not violate anti-cutback rules...
Compliance | January 15th, 2014 Retirement Plan Participants Must Prove Harm to Sue January 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has ruled that in a case involving allegations of harm to...
Compliance | January 15th, 2014 Court Upholds Injunction on Health Benefit Changes January 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s decision to enjoin a...
Compliance | January 14th, 2014 DOL Seeks Recovery of Pa. Plan Assets January 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is suing a Bigler, Pennsylvania, trucking company to recover employee...
Compliance | January 13th, 2014 Regions Financial to Settle Stock Drop Suit January 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regions Financial Corporation has agreed to settle a lawsuit relating to its offering of company...
Compliance | January 10th, 2014 Fidelity Faces Lawsuit over Revenue-Sharing January 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another participant in Fidelity Investments’ own retirement plan has brought a lawsuit saying participants paid...
Compliance | December 27th, 2013 DOL Sues to Restore Indiana ESOP Losses December 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking to restore losses to an employee stock ownership...
Compliance | December 26th, 2013 DOL Seeks Removal of 401(k) Trustee in Illinois December 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) hopes to remove the trustee of a 401(k) plan based...
Compliance | December 20th, 2013 Trustee to Restore Profit-Sharing Plan Assets December 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has received court authorization to compel the trustee of a...
Compliance | December 19th, 2013 SCOTUS Upholds Litigation Limitation Period December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of two lower courts in a case testing...