Charles Schwab Corporation has agreed to pay $200 million to settle federal securities law claims in a civil class-action lawsuit related to the Schwab YieldPlus Fund.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out a stock drop lawsuit against Wyeth Corp., ruling that the company was entitled to a presumption its decision to...
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) will pay $13.5 million to the federal government to settle charges it made improper payments to a San Diego-based insurance broker.
A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out claims by 401(k) participants that Beazer Homes USA breached its fiduciary duties by offering company stock as an investment option...
A former Comcast Corp. employee is qualified to serve as a class representative in a stock-drop lawsuit against Comcast Corp., a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled as he...
A federal court judge has certified as a class action a lawsuit against Wells Fargo over offering mutual funds from one of its affiliates as 401(k) plan investments.
A federal court has dismissed claims that PricewaterhouseCoopers knowingly participated in a violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) anti-cutback rule by allowing Bank of America...
Securities litigation declined significantly in 2009 compared with 2008, according to a study by accounting firm and consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers.
A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that lawyers simultaneously representing plan administrators and plan participants do not necessarily have a legal conflict of interest that would...
The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans has called for the creation of a presidential commission to define a new national retirement policy and develop...
A federal district court recently denied class certification in a lawsuit relating to the rollover of funds from 401(k) plans nationwide for which Principal Life Insurance Company provided...
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is one of a number of Department of Labor (DoL) agencies participating in a new Web site aimed at making a variety...
The U.S. Supreme Court has sent a case contending that Ameriprise Financial’s fund fee structure violated the Investment Company Act back to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of...
The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the 60-day rollover requirement is not applicable to a plan distribution check made payable to a second plan's sponsor.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a federal appellate court to take another look at its ruling that mutual fund managers can only be held liable for charging...
A federal court has dismissed claims by employees of KV Pharmaceutical Co. that the company breached its fiduciary duties by continuing to offer company stock in the its...