Tag: ERISA

With Washington causing quite a stir in proposing changes to the definition of fiduciary, the Virtual PLANADVISER National Conference brought together experts to discuss the realities of such...

Federal regulators issued a series of advisory opinions from correspondents asking for interpretations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

A federal judge in Texas gave final approval to a $2.4-million settlement of a class-action suit against RadioShack for breaching its fiduciary duty.

Laying it all out on the table, PLANSPONSOR and PLANADVISER’s Editor-in-Chief, Nevin E. Adams, opened the first Virtual PLANADVISER National Conference (VPANC) by outlining the top 10 trends...

Jeleen Guttenberg joined the Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm, which specializes in employee benefits, ERISA and Executive Compensation matters.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) warned the Department of Labor (DoL) about the unintended consequences that can result from broadening the definition of fiduciary.

A federal appellate court recently issued two rulings in stock-drop cases that may play a critical role for future employer-defendants.

Believe it or not, PLANADVISER Magazine is five years old this year. 

A federal appellate court has ruled that it can be appropriate for a class of defined contribution plan participants to sue for relief under the Employee Retirement Income...

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) submitted to the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a series of letters on proposed and final regulations about cash balance and...

After filing an amended complaint, participants of Medtronic Inc.’s retirement plan failed to convince the court that the company breached its fiduciary duties by continuing to offer company...

A federal judge in New York rejected claims that plan fiduciaries are immunized against stock drop suits if the plan mandates company stock investments; a decision not commonly...

Former owners of a St. Paul, Minnesota, business services company are jointly liable for repaying losses to the company’s retirement plan after they used plan assets to pay...

A federal judge in Wisconsin has ordered Alliant Energy Corp. to use an 8.2% interest rate when it carries out lump-sum distributions from its cash balance program.

In a live Web chat discussing the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration’s (EBSA) Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis C. Borzi said the Agency will...

John J. Sohn has been named a partner of The Wagner Law Group, effective January 1.

A lawyer accused of financial wrongdoing should receive a 401(k) distribution of his plan savings from his old law firm, but not the employer’s contributions, a federal judge...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has cleared the way for a 401(k) participant to pursue his claim that plan trustees violated their fiduciary duties.

A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that Alcatel-Lucent USA did not breach its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary duties through its severance plan disclosures to four...

First Allied Securities, an independent broker/dealer, hired Guy J. Hocker as Senior Managing Director of its pension services division.