October

• U.S. Labor Department bars Raymond Palombo from running federally-regulated health plans • 09-1318-SAN [10/28/09]
• U.S. Labor Department recovers funds for abandoned 401(k) plan of Lexington, Massachusetts employer • 09-1305-BOS [10/28/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to host third webcast on preparing for 2009 Form 5500 and electronic filing requirements [10/27/09]
• Employee Benefits Security Administration issues additional guidance on Schedule C reporting for 2009 Form 5500 [10/23/09]
• Court judgment requires Mokena, Illinois-based company and chief executive officer to restore retirement fund losses • 09-804-CHI [10/22/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains appointment of independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Boston company • 09-1020-BOS [10/21/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains consent judgment requiring Winter Park, Florida, law firm to terminate pension plan and distribute assets to participants • 09-1274-ATL [10/21/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council sets November meeting • 09-1281-NAT [10/16/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues defunct Cherry Hill, New Jersey, company to protect participants of abandoned retirement plan • 09-1147-PHI [10/08/09]
• U.S. Labor Department proposes exemption to allow new health plan for Chrysler retirees to acquire company securities • 09-1210-NAT [10/02/09]
• New Rules Protect Patients' Genetic Information [10/01/09]

September

• U.S. Labor Department obtains judgment with NFL player and his company, restoring more than $400,000 in pension assets • 09-1133-PHI [09/30/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains consent judgment with fiduciary of defunct Atlanta-based mortgage loan company • 09-1188-ATL [09/28/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues former CEO of defunct Centerbrook, Connecticut, company to recover misused assets of employee 401(k) plan • 09-1112-BOS [09/16/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues owner of defunct Florida home health care company to obtain restitution of funds to company's pension plan • 09-1056-ATL [09/15/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council to hold September 29 teleconference • 09-1132-NAT [09/11/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues fiduciary of ERISA-covered plan sponsored by Twinsburg, Ohio, company • 09-796-CHI [09/10/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Buffalo, New York, employer • 09-925-NEW [09/08/09]
• Employee Benefits Security Administration Releases Field Assistance Bulletin on Use of Summary Prospectus Requirements [09/08/09]
• U.S. Labor Department proposes civil penalty rules for multiemployer defined benefit pension plans that fail to take corrective funding action • 09-1076-NAT [09/03/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to offer free workshop in New Jersey on complying with federal pension law • 09-1070-NEW [09/02/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council to hold September 2009 meeting • 09-1046-NAT [09/02/09]

August

• U.S. Labor Department sues to recover assets for SIMPLE IRA plan sponsored by Coshocton, Ohio-based company • 09-1007-CHI [08/31/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Melville, New York, employer • 09-963-NEW [08/31/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues president of defunct western Pennsylvania company to recover 401(k) retirement contributions • 09-1035-PHI [08/28/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains default judgment and court appointment of independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Kennebunk, Maine, company • 09-1013-BOS [08/26/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues defunct Atlanta-based mortgage loan company to protect participants’ 401(k) assets • 09-993-ATL [08/25/09]
• Trustee of Somerset, Pennsylvania, profit sharing plan ordered to cooperate with U.S. Labor Department investigation • 09-1002-PHI [08/21/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues retirement plan trustees of defunct Alabama wholesaler to recover nearly $900,000 in pension assets • 09-970-ATL [08/13/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues trustees of 3 Mendon, Massachusetts, company pension plans seeking restoration of more than $300,000 in plan assets • 09-763-BOS [08/11/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains judgment against former president of Chicago investment firm to restore $50 million to Michigan union pension plans • 09-906-NAT [08/05/09]

July

• U.S. Department of Labor obtains agreement with former fiduciary of SCT Yarns to restore assets to pension plans • 09-852-ATL [07/31/09]
• U.S. Labor Department solicits nominations for 2010 ERISA Advisory Council • 09-905-NAT [07/30/09]
• Business manager of Alabama anesthesia practice sentenced for failure to file required annual report for profit-sharing plan • 09-875-ATL [07/28/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues Winter Park, Florida, law firm to protect retirement assets • 09-728-ATL [07/27/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains default judgment and court appointment of independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Rochester, New York, employer • 09-833-NEW [07/21/09]
• Employee Benefits Security Administration releases field assistance bulletin on annual reporting by 403(b) plans [07/20/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains consent judgment against Herndon, Virginia, company to protect participants of abandoned retirement plan • 09-826-PHI [07/16/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains settlement giving former Cookeville, Tennessee, company participants access to their retirement funds • 09-797-ATL [07/14/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary to manage abandoned 401(k) plan of former Denver-area employer • 09-673-DEN [07/13/09]
• U.S. Labor Department seeks to restore employee contributions owed to Iowa SIMPLE IRA plan and appoint independent plan fiduciary • 09-780-KAN [07/09/09]
• Former casino employee sentenced for theft of 401(k) plan assets • 09-781-KAN [07/07/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar on July 15 and 16 in Cincinnati • 09-743-CHI [07/07/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council to hold July 2009 meeting • 09-773-NAT [07/07/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains appointment of independent fiduciary for profit-sharing plans abandoned by defunct Binghamton, New York, companies • 09-752-NEW [07/06/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains court actions restoring assets to pension plan of former Dadeville, Alabama, employee leasing company • 09-729-ATL [07/01/09]

June

• U.S. Labor Department makes available the archived webcast of hearing with the SEC [06/29/09]
• U.S. Labor Department to hold July 8 workshop in Van Nuys, California, on complying with federal pension and health law • 09-738-SAN [06/29/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues defunct Tampa, Florida, construction company to protect participants’ 401(k) assets • 09-702-ATL [06/26/09]
• U.S. Labor Department action means $164,000 in 401(k) plan assets will be distributed to workers in Mondsview, Minnesota • 09-206-CHI [06/25/09]
• U.S. Labor Department to sponsor free compliance assistance seminar for retirement plan fiduciaries in Atlanta • 09-717-ATL [06/24/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sponsors free compliance assistance seminar for retirement plan fiduciaries in Chicago • 09-716-CHI [06/19/09]
• U.S. Labor Department and SEC to hold hearing on target date funds and similar investment options • 09-599-NAT [06/15/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to sponsor fiduciary and employee benefit plan workshops in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 17 and 18 • 09-616-ATL [06/15/09]
• U.S. Labor Department recovers more than $9 million for retirement plans of bankrupt Aloha Airlines • 09-652-SAN [06/11/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to host webcast on electronic filing requirements for Form 5500 • 09-609-NAT [06/08/09]
• Owner of defunct North Carolina sign company sentenced for embezzling 401(k) and health plan assets • 09-597-ATL [06/05/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains court judgment against closed Seatoma Convalescent Center, giving workers access to nearly $18,000 in retirement funds • 09-607-SEA [06/03/09]
• Former Massachusetts employer agrees to restore employee contributions to company 401(k) plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit • 09-565-BOS [06/03/09]

May

• U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council to hold opening meeting for 2009 • 09-572-NAT [05/26/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains judgment appointing independent fiduciary to oversee abandoned 401(k) plan of defunct Minneapolis employer • 09-543-CHI [05/26/09]
• U.S. Labor Department and SEC to hold hearing on target date funds and similar investment options [05/22/09]
• U.S. Labor Department publishes process to appeal denials of COBRA subsidy under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [05/21/09]
• U.S. Labor Department further extends effective date of rules on investment advice • 09-567-NAT [05/21/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar on June 3 and 4 in Fargo, North Dakota • 09-497-DEN [05/20/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by former Iowa employer • 09-384-KAN [05/19/09]
• U.S. Labor Department secures 401(k) plan assets for J&L Electronic Service Inc. employees in Chicago suburb • 09-530-CHI [05/19/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains judgments against fiduciaries of defunct North Carolina testing laboratory • 09-1744-ATL [05/15/09]
• U.S. Labor Department recovers almost $32,000 for company 401(k) plan from Shelton, Connecticut, employer • 09-428-BOS [05/13/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sponsors free webcasts to help retirement plan fiduciaries comply with the law • 09-498-NAT [05/07/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains consent order requiring president of Nashville entertainment company to restore pension funds • 09-483-ATL [05/06/09]

April

• U.S. Labor Department obtains judgment prohibiting former Lockport, N.Y., employer from future fiduciary oversight of employee benefit plans • 09-426-NEW [04/30/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciaries for profit-sharing plans abandoned by two defunct Binghamton, N.Y., companies • 09-198-NEW [04/29/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues former West Palm Beach, Florida, tile and flooring distributor to restore SIMPLE IRA assets • 09-421-ATL [04/28/09]
• U.S. Labor Department seeks public comments on mental health and addiction law • 09-458-NAT [04/28/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar on April 22 and 23 in Newark, New Jersey • 09-423-PHI [04/20/09]
• U.S. Labor Department secures appointment of independent fiduciary for profit sharing plan of defunct Hackensack, New Jersey, company • 09-406-PHI [04/17/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues defunct Arkansas trucking company to protect participants’ 401(k) assets • 09-368-ATL [04/14/09]
• Former owner of BB Kids stores in Massachusetts agrees to restore employee contributions to SIMPLE IRA plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit • 09-125-BOS [04/14/09]
• U.S. Labor Department to sponsor free workshops in Salt Lake City on April 14 on complying with federal pension law • 09-375-DEN [04/08/09]
• U.S. Labor Department recovers funds for company 401(k) plan from Fairfield, Connecticut, employer • 09-260-BOS [04/07/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor offers free workshop in New York City on complying with federal pension law • 09-337-NEW [04/06/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor hosts 10 workshops in Kansas City, Missouri, focusing on new COBRA provisions • 09-347-KAN [04/06/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains consent judgment requiring defunct Greensboro, North Carolina, wholesaler and retailer to restore pension funds • 09-295-ATL [04/03/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor to host second webcast on COBRA subsidy and notices • 09-343-NAT [04/02/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains appointment of independent fiduciary to oversee abandoned Oklahoma 401(k) plan • 09-320-DAL [04/01/09]
• U.S. Labor Department asks court to distribute profit-sharing plan assets of closed Chesterfield, Michigan, company • 09-277-CHI [04/01/09]

March

• Former Massachusetts employer agrees to restore employee contributions to company SIMPLE IRA plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit • 09-325-BOS [03/30/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues former NFL player and others in bankruptcy court to recover pension assets • 09-319-PHI [03/25/09]
• U.S. Labor Department extends effective date of rules on investment advice • 09-307-NAT [03/23/09]
• U.S. Labor Department releases model notices for COBRA subsidy under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 • 09-292-NAT [03/19/09]
• Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on COBRA subsidy under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 • 09-301-NAT [03/19/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues North Carolina health care provider to recover more than $55,000 in 401(k) assets • 09-238-ATL [03/17/09]
• Louisville, Kentucky, restaurant chain agrees to restore participants' 401(k) funds following U.S. Department of Labor Investigation • 09-228-ATL [03/16/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, benefit firms and lawyers to protect welfare benefit plan participants nationwide • 09-229-PHI [03/11/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues fiduciaries of McHenry, Illinois-based company to recover 401(k) profit sharing assets • 09-88-CHI [03/10/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Rochester, New York, employer • 09-83-NEW [03/09/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor settlement with Memphis, Tennessee, pension consultants provides restitution of fees and reforms for arrangements with plan clients • 09-250-ATL [03/06/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues owner of defunct Hillsboro, Oregon, company to recover more than $147,000 in 401(k) retirement contributions • 09-183-SEA [03/02/09]

February

• U.S. Department of Labor publishes information to help employers,workers and families understand the COBRA Stimulus provisions [02/26/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues closed Seatoma Convalescent Center to give 401(k) participants access to almost $14,000 in retirement funds • 09-177-SEA [02/24/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues former officer of SCT Yarns for violating ERISA rules • 09-161-ATL [02/23/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues former Cookeville, Tennessee, firm to give 401(k) participants access to retirement funds • 09-38-ATL [02/13/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues to appoint independent fiduciary for former Atlanta general contractor’s 401(k) profit-sharing plan • 09-131-ATL [02/12/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues defunct Herndon, Virginia, company to protect participants of 401(k) profit-sharing plan • 09-160-PHI [02/11/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues former insurance agency in Kennesaw, Georgia, to protect participants’ 401(k) contributions • 09-44-ATL [02/09/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues fiduciary of ERISA-covered plan sponsored by Mokena, Illinois-based company • 09-147-CHI [02/12/09]
• Employee Benefits Security Administration Releases Field Assistance Bulletin on New Annual Funding Notice Requirements [02/10/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sponsors free February 19 webcast on 2009 Form 5500 and electronic filing • 09-130-NAT [02/09/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues upstate New York auto supply company and official for alleged violations of federal employee benefits law • 09-111-NEW [02/05/09]
• U.S. Labor Department provides guidance on fiduciary duties in response to abuses involving the Madoff investment firm [02/05/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sponsors free compliance assistance seminar for retirement plan fiduciaries in Melville, New York • 08-119-NEW [02/04/09]
• U.S. Labor Department obtains nearly $115,000 from bankrupt Merrimac, Massachusetts, company to pay employee health claims • 08-1836-BOS [02/02/09]

January

• U.S. Labor Department sponsors free compliance assistance seminar for retirement plan fiduciaries in Metairie, Louisiana • 09-85-DAL [01/26/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor obtains judgment restoring 401(k) assets to employees of defunct Acworth, Georgia, construction company • 08-1121-ATL [01/22/09]

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

• U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar January 28 and 29 in Tallahassee, Florida • 09-64-ATL [01/16/09]
• U.S. Labor Department finalizes rule on investment advice for 401(k) plans and IRAs • 09-51-NAT [01/16/09]
• U.S. Labor Department and IRS unveil publication to help small employers understand automatic enrollment for 401(k) plans • 09-53-NAT [01/15/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary for retirement plan abandoned by Minneapolis-area employer • 09-24-CHI [01/13/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues former Fort Lauderdale, Florida, entertainment company on behalf of profit-sharing plan participants • 08-1819-ATL [01/13/09]
• Federal court prevents fiduciary from using bankruptcy to avoid repaying funds owed to South Carolina company's SIMPLE IRA • 08-1823-ATL [01/12/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor sues Mondsview, Minnesota, trucking company for abandoning profit-sharing and 401(k) plan • 08-1846-CHI [01/07/09]
• U.S. Department of Labor recovers more than $750,000 for Georgia Plumbers Trade Association Health Plan • 08-1760-ATL [01/07/09]
• U.S. Labor Department sues to protect 401(k) assets of defunct piping company in St. Amant, Louisiana • 08-1769-DAL [01/02/09]