Compliance

The bill would create an online database for participants to find "lost" retirement accounts and would change rules for automatic cashouts and rollovers.

The case arose from Manhattan Ford’s withdrawal from the UAW Local 259 Pension Fund, and an arbitrator’s calculation of about $2.55 million in withdrawal liability for the employer....

Under the paradigm created by the Supreme Court’s ruling in a case known as Fifth-Third v. Dudenhoeffer, plaintiffs continue to have difficulty proving standing in ERISA stock drop...

According to state authorities, the combined savings of the first groups of participating savers is approaching $5 million.

The new law extends the time a participant has to repay loans from 60 days after an offset to the date their tax return is due.

New at this year’s conference, advisers will have the ability to earn their PLANSPONSOR Retirement Professional designation while in attendance, and we are particularly excited for our opening...

Rather than issuing stand-alone announcements each time IRS grants disaster relief, PBGC is streamlining the process by issuing a permanent announcement regarding its own disaster relief that comes...

The settlement agreement resolves a civil suit brought by the DOL, alleging Cactus Feeders Inc. ESOP fiduciaries failed to fulfill their obligations under ERISA during a December 2010...

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 411(d)(6) provides that an accrued benefit may not be decreased by amendment.

403(b) plan participants have filed a lawsuit against Matrix Trust Company for making several transfers to an unauthorized account held by recordkeeper Vantage Benefits Administrators.

The compliance assistance program will increase awareness and understanding about basic fiduciary responsibilities when operating a retirement plan.

The plan sponsor advocacy organization says there have been “numerous reports of aggressive DOL enforcement activity, and sometimes inconsistent positions taken by DOL auditors, regarding how plan sponsors...

Considering a second amended complaint much broader than the original, a district court has once again rejected allegations by participants in a Ford Motor Company retirement plan that...

The legislation helps protect defendants who settle lawsuits from claims from co-defendants.

George Washington University has been sued over fees for its 403(b) plan.

At the start of 2017, the Internal Revenue Service dramatically limited when a retirement plan could seek an individual determination on its tax-qualified status; ERISA attorneys are calling...

Without admitting guilt or even the facts of the case, Betterment has settled various allegations of improper recordkeeping and "window dressing" leveled by FINRA, to the tune of...

According to the text of the complaint, the action seeks to hold MetLife accountable for the company’s conversion of more than $500 million in annuitized retirement benefits, interest,...

According to the compliant, the defined benefit (DB) plan was required to adhere to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) funding rules.

In its notice of intent to request OMB approval, the agency is asking for stakeholder comments,