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ERISA 404c Regulations

Many 401k plans fail to address the many regulatory requirements including 404c rules. Compliance with the 404c rules enables companies to achieve safe harbor protection. Plan sponsors often don't realize that if they address the many regulatory, and compliance issues correctly including 404c, that this single advantage could help enable them to significantly lower their overall costs, while also greatly reducing the many liabilities, eliminating conflicts ...

ERISA LAW AND THE 401(K) PLAN FIDUCIARY part I

Most 401k plans fail to address the many regulatory requirements! Plan sponsors are now awaking to the fact that properly addressing the many regulatory, and compliance issues correctly in 401k plans, that this advantage could help enable them to significantly lower their overall costs, while also greatly reducing the many liabilities, eliminating conflicts of interest, and providing a better overall solution to the participants.

ERISA LAW AND THE 401(K) PLAN FIDUCIARY part II

This is one of the best and most comprehensive reports that could help companies to understand their 401k plan fiduciary responsibility. It was written Tom Hoecker. You can reach Tom at thoecker@swlaw.com ERISA AND THE 401(K) PLAN FIDUCIARY part II I. Open Option Plans 1. The Open Option Concept As a general rule, an Open Option feature allows plan participants to select nearly any available ...

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The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. Announces Class Action ERISA Lawsuit Against IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK, July 23, 2008 -- The Brualdi Law Firm P.C. announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of employees and/or former employees of IndyMac Bancorp.


Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Announces ERISA Investigation of the IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. 401(k) Plan (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE, July 21, 2008 -- Attorney Advertising. Keller Rohrback L.L.P. announces that it has commenced an investigation against IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , as amended.


July 2008 Article Archive (Business Journal of Tri-Cities)
This is Volume 21, Number 1.


It was 20 years ago today… Two decades of The Business Journal (Business Journal of Tri-Cities)
This is Volume 21, Number 1. Two decades worth of The Business Journal have been written, printed, read and — hopefully — have done you some good. In looking back over 20 years worth of back issues of The Business Journal of Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia (and if you think that's an unwieldy brand name, just remember, we started off as The Business Journal of Upper East Tennessee and Southwest ...


Journal 100 (Business Journal of Tri-Cities)
Over the course of 20 years, we've come to know a great many businesspeople in the Tri-Cities, TN/VA. Some are highly visible in the community. Others quietly tend to their own businesses. What follows is not a who's who list, by necessity, and there is no ranking involved.


West Side Business News & Notes (West Side Leader)
FAIRLAWN — David Welling, Esq., has joined practices with C. Vincent Choken, Esq., and their law firm is now called Choken & Welling, Attorneys at Law.


Banking and Financial (Mondaq)
24 Jul 2008 - United States - Banking and Financial - Banking Agencies Publish Final Supplemental Guidance On Basel II – Supervisory Review Process - Goodwin Procter LLP - The four federal banking agencies published final guidance relating to supervisory review of capital adequacy (the Supervisory Review Guidance) meant to supplement the US Basel II Advanced Capital Adequacy ...


Clifford Chance Legal Teams in New York and London Advise on Restructuring of Cheyne Finance plc (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Teams of lawyers in Clifford Chance's financial restructuring practice, led by Steve Kolyer in New York, and David Steinberg and Stewart Dunlop in London, have advised on the restructuring of SIV Portfolio plc, a structured investment vehicle previously known as Cheyne Finance plc.


TRS switches key outside law firm (Austin American-Statesman)
In a decision that one trustee called "the worst move we've made" in recent years, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas replaced its longtime fiduciary lawyer, Ian Lanoff, a widely recognized expert in pension fund governance.


Medco Reports Record Second-Quarter 2008 GAAP Diluted EPS; Reflects Growth of 34.2 Percent; Raises and Narrows 2008 ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Driven by record 2008 sales performance across the company, including Accredo Health Group, and strong fundamentals, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. today reported a 34.2 percent increase in second-quarter 2008 GAAP diluted earnings per share to $0.51, compared to $0.38 for the second quarter of 2007.



 
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