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Beginning next year, all of an individuals IRAs will be treat as if they were one IRA for purposes of applying the rollover limit, the IRS said.

Pension reform advocates fear that if Congress fails to intervene before the end of this year, employers will stampede out of the plans, leaving the Treasury on the hook for billions of dollars.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2006, will now return to the Missouri District Court where the claim originated.

Just what are sponsors required to do in response to participants requests for plan information? The case against Verizon offers some help in understanding that, along with some less-than-clear direction.

Knowing the DOL is going to be vigilant in these areas means that now is a good time to review benefit plan documentation and administrative practices to ensure compliance.

The settlement in a fiduciary-duty suit against MassMutual Life Insurance Co. appears to open the door to further legal action by plan sponsors in a similar arrangement with other providers.