Rulings Show Participants Invested in Co. Stock Have Recourse
August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two recent court rulings provide assurance to participants who invest their retirement savings in company...
Tag: Litigation
Court Denies Venue Change for ERISA Case
August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the District of Maryland decided that it...
Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Supplemental Benefits
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling in a...
Recovering Losses For Individual Participants Is Recovery For The Plan
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has disagreed with a lower court...
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BoA Suit Attacks Retirement Date Issue First
August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A motion filed in the lawsuit concerning Bank of America's (BoA) Cash Balance Plan asks...
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Union Sues Boeing For Early Retirement Benefits
August 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) is suing Boeing Corp. for early...
K Plan Co. Stock Case Survives Employer Challenge
August 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of participants won a significant legal battle in their employer lawsuit over the...
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First Mutual Settles Sexual Harassment Case
July 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Mutual Corp. agreed to a settlement of a lawsuit claiming a male former employee...
Casino Ultimately Wins Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
July 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey state Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling in deciding that a...
Judge Affirms Ruling For United's Pension Plan Termination
July 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois affirmed...
Appeals Court Affirms Decision For Alaska Airlines In FMLA Case
July 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's decision that an...
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Merrill Lynch Ordered to Rehire Sexual Discrimination Victim
July 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An arbitration panel has ruled that Merrill Lynch & Co. must rehire Hydie Sumner, who...
NY Judge Taps Individual Investors as Class Action Chief Plaintiff
July 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York federal judge has taken the unusual step of naming a small group...
Protective Orders Not a Qualifying Event Under COBRA
July 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A protective order against a health plan participant's estranged husband was not the same as...
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Pension Plan Accused of Questionable Investments
July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan has been accused of investing $280 million in...
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Another Company Stock Suit at Coca-Cola
July 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two former employees of The Coca-Cola Co. have filed a lawsuit which claims that administrators...
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CVS Proposes Settlement in Retirement Plan Lawsuit
July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CVS Corp. has agreed to a $3 million settlement in a case involving its 401(k)...
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Andersen Document Destruction Policy Case Heard By Supreme Court
April 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday regarding alleged witness tampering at Arthur Andersen after...
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CIGNA Settles Commission Payment Inquiry with state of CT
December 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA Health Care has agreed to pay the state of Connecticut $870,000 as part of...
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Havens Steel Hit with ESOP Lawsuit
December 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight current and former employees of Havens Steel Co. have charged that Havens Steel Co.'s...