Updated: A group of current and former journalists at the Los Angeles Times, including former legal writer Henry Weinstein, have filed suit against billionaire Sam Zell challenging…
Updated: The New York lawyer whose multiple employment sparked a statewide pension probe has been ordered to repay nearly $84,000 in benefits. Meanwhile, another New York lawyer has been told…
Some companies are moving obligations for executive benefits into rank-and-file pension plans in a move that allows them to immediately deduct contributions.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled an insurer that administers an employee benefits plan has a conflict of interest when it has the dual role of determining whether an employee…
A Justice Department legal opinion says federal law does not bar the Social Security Administration from paying benefits to the nonbiological child of a woman who entered into a civil…
Enron employees who lost their retirement cash when the company collapsed were disappointed a second time when it was revealed that a company distributing a $218 million settlement payout got…
Lawyers who defend pension plan administrators are buoyed by a concurrence by the chief justice in yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing lawsuits by…
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that an employee who says he lost $150,000 because of a mishandled 401(k) plan may sue the administrators for a breach of fiduciary…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the validity of a divorcing spouse’s waiver of a right to the other’s pension benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,…
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The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to allow a lawsuit against the administrators of a 401(k) plan accused of causing an individual’s $150,000 loss, the New…
Three justices from the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing appeared sympathetic today to arguments on behalf of a man who lost $150,000 in his 401(k) plan.
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