Legal

Latest step to incentivize sponsors to make sure plans are in compliance.

Does ERISA count participant data as a plan asset?

It's the latest in a line of SCOTUS decisions backing arbitration, helping companies avoid costly class actions filed by workers and consumers.

At the center of each case is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which bars employers from discriminating because of sex, race, color, national origin or religion.

Settlement agreement in case of Tussey v. ABB Inc. comes after more than 12 years of litigation and 2 appeals.

The position is a change for the DOJ after it argued last year that large parts of the 2010 law -- but not all of it -- should be struck down.