The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced a series of enforcement actions to protect more than $7 million for workers in retirement plans or...
Speaking at the Security Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) annual meeting earlier this week, Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) attempted to explain the Dodd-Frank act to a skeptical...
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of an employer sued for its use of a year-old stock valuation when making...
Lawyers representing Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis have asked the 9th Circuit to overturn a three-judge panel's decision embracing the “presumption of prudence” standard often seen in employer...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined Goldman Sachs $650,000 for failing to disclose that two of its registered representatives had received Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wells...
Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said by not regulating markets more aggressively, the SEC didn’t protect investors as well as it should...
The former CEO of Leading Technology Services Corp. (LTS) was sentenced to prison and ordered to provide $57k in restitution to the company’s 401(k) plan participants.
Charles Schwab notified counsel for the plaintiffs in a consolidated class action lawsuit relating to the Schwab YieldPlus Fund that it is invoking the termination provisions of the...
C&K Market Inc. agreed to restore $3 million in cash plus interest and to sell property in order to make restitution for a series of imprudent loans made...
The Internal Revenue Service announced that some requests for an extension of Form 5500 filing have been inadvertently denied and plan sponsors received denial letters in error.
Even though an ex-wife waived her right to her now-deceased ex-husband’s 401(k) plan savings, she is still entitled to the money, a federal judge in New Jersey has...