Compliance

With a recent decision ruling in favor of a Motorola employee, federal court judges continue refining their approach to handling benefits award cases involving a conflict of interest...

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has begun its list of approved software for use in electronic filing of Form 5500.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to hire University of Texas professor Henry Hu to oversee risk analysis and seek out market areas where abuses...

A federal judge on Wednesday combined 12 lawsuits over the failed Reserve Primary Fund, Reuters reported.

Many financial advisers and brokers might be confused about what regulators have to say about using social networking.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff refused to sign off on Bank of America’s $33-million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over disclosures of bonuses paid to...

Mary Wong, the former adviser of Michael Vick recently sued by the Department of Labor (DoL) and Vick, now has more legal problems to deal with.

Many 403(b) plan sponsors are facing for the first time not only Form 5500 reporting, but a plan audit if the plan covers 100 or more participants.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said today that it has barred Tamara Lanz Moon of Redwood City, California, from the securities industry for stealing more than $850,000...

Robert McCann, the former head of wealth management at Merrill Lynch & Co., sued Bank of America Corp. (BofA) in a dispute over his non-compete clause, according to...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bank of America Corp. yesterday defended their proposed $33-million settlement over executive bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch executives.

A federal judge approved a $17-million settlement in a stock-drop case against UnitedHealth Group.

Plan sponsors might want to prepare for the possibility of retirement plan limits dropping for 2010, Mercer said.

QVC employees fired over alleged irregularities in their 401(k) withdrawals said they were treated unfairly.

A retirement plan trustee was protected by Employee Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA) 404(c) safe harbor shield against a lawsuit by two 401(k) participants in connection with wrongdoing...

QVC officials have completed their investigation into alleged employee misconduct in taking 401(k) loans, but declined to say if they found any fraud or if any workers had...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) argues that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), rather than the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), should regulate financial planning activity.

UBS AG agreed to provide 4,450 names of U.S. account holders to settle a tax-evasion lawsuit, according to news reports.

A New York-based law firm has launched two company stock fund investigations.

A settlement has been proposed in a class-action lawsuit involving Wal-Mart’s 401(k) and profit-sharing plans.