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2005 Newsroom

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December

U.S. Labor Department Obtains Consent Judgment Restoring Funds to Portland Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan [12/28/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sponsors New York Seminar On Compliance With Federal Employee Benefits Law [12/15/05]
Hollywood, Florida Pension Trustee Ordered to Restore Almost $108,000 to Pension Plan [12/13/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues California Health Benefit Fund to Recover $1.2 Million for Unpaid Health Claims [12/13/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Judgment Against Sham Florida Union for Payment of $11 Million in Health Benefits [12/08/05]
Labor Department Publishes 2005 Form M-1 for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements - Online Filing Available [12/08/05]
Labor Department Sues to Assist Retirement Plan Participants Of Defunct Delaware Company [12/07/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Former Hebron, Kentucky Company and Owner to Recover 401(k) Plan Losses [12/07/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Court Order Reimbursing $1 Million to California Health Benefit Fund [12/05/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Consent Judgment to Protect Employee Stock Ownership Plan Assets of Defunct Post Falls Company [12/02/05]
U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Date of 2006 Saver Summit to Help Americans Plan Secure Retirement [12/01/05]
Health Law Compliance Seminar December 7 and 8 in Atlanta [12/01/05]

November

U.S. Labor Department Acts to Improve Access of Hurricane Victims To 401(k) Loans and Withdrawals [11/30/05]
Plan Administrator Indicted for Filing False Annual Reports with the U.S. Department of Labor [11/30/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Former Minneapolis Executives For Health Plan Mismanagement [11/22/05]
Sudbury, Massachusetts Employer Restores More Than $10,600 to 401(k) Plan To Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [11/17/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues to Recover Funds for Middle Tennessee Union’s Health Plan [11/15/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Connecticut Investment Firm to Restore Millions of Dollars Owed to Pension Plans [11/03/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Owner of Bankrupt Grand Junction Company to Recoup Pension Assets for Unitel Workers [11/02/05]
Cambridge, Massachusetts Employer Agrees to Restore $130,000 to Retirement Plan to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [11/02/05]

October

U.S. Labor Department Extends Annual Reports Deadline After Hurricane Wilma Hits Florida [10/31/05]
Trustee Agrees to Future Restitution to Defunct Rochester, N.Y., Company’s Pension Plan - Agreement Settles U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [10/28/05]
Trustee of Green Bay, Wisconsin, 401(k) Plan To Repay $24,520 To Profit Sharing Plan [10/26/05]
$110,000 Payment to Plan Participant Will Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [10/24/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Court Order Restoring More than $17,200 to Atlanta Company’s Retirement Savings Plan [10/20/05]
Labor Department Web Site Assists Hurricane Victims Locate Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors [10/17/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains $700,000 Restoration to Michigan Plumbers and Pipefitters Pension Fund [10/12/05]
U.S. Department of Labor Helps Hurricane Katrina Victims Preserve Health Benefits [10/11/05]
Compliance Assistance Seminar for Retirement Plan Fiduciaries To Be Held November 2 in Cleveland [10/07/05]
Detroit Trustee Restores Funds to Workers’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan - Agreement Settles U.S. Labor Department Suit [10/05/05]
Compliance Assistance Seminar for Retirement Plan Fiduciaries To Be Held November 17 In Hartford [10/05/05]
ERISA Advisory Council to Hold October Teleconferences [10/05/05]
Labor Department Sponsors Los Angeles Seminar October 20 On Retirement Savings Options [10/04/05]
Health Law Compliance Assistance Seminar October 18-19 in Salem [10/04/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Trustee for Abandoned Buffalo, New York, Retirement Plan [10/04/05]
Health Law Compliance Seminar November 8 and 9 in Warwick, Rhode Island [10/03/05]

U.S. Labor Department Obtains Court Order Restoring Over $700,000 to Maryland Engineering Firm’s Retirement Plans [06/30/05]
Labor Department Sponsors Free Bay Area Workshop on Federal Pension Law [06/28/05]
U.S. Labor Department Halts Rockville, Maryland, Companies From Administering Benefit Plans Nationwide [06/23/05]
Albuquerque Printing Company to Restore More Than $150,000 to Profit Sharing Plan [06/22/05]
Chicago Businessman Ordered to Restore More Than $625,000 To Workers’ Profit Sharing Plan [06/22/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Miami Corporation to Restore Employee Contributions to Abandoned 401(k) Plan [06/22/05]
Labor Department Obtains Court Judgment Restoring More Than $12,900 to 401(k) Plan of Illinois Home Builder [06/21/05]
ERISA Advisory Council Sets July 2005 Meetings [06/20/05]
Settlement Restores Funds to Fort Wayne, Indiana, 401(k) Plan [06/20/05]
Dallas Audio/Video Producers Sued To Restore Delinquent Employee Contributions to Pension Fund [06/15/05]
Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned Retirement Plan [06/13/05]
Labor Department Testifies on Enforcement of Employee Benefits Law - Testimony Highlights Capital Consultant Investigations in Oregon [06/10/05]
Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary for Abandoned Massachusetts 401(k) Plan [06/07/05]
Labor Department Sues Bay Area Engineering Firm to Restore $134,000 Owed to 401(k) Plan [06/06/05]
Labor Department Sues Defunct Rochester, New York Firm and Owner To Recover Delinquent Employee Contributions [06/06/05]
Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned New York 401(k) Plan [06/06/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Settlement with Morris, Illinois, Executive to Restore Funds to Workers’ Retirement Program [06/02/05]
U.S. Department of Labor and Securities and Exchange Commission Issue Guidance Addressing Potential Conflicts of Interest of Pension Consultants [06/01/05]

May

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ann L. Combs Commends GAO Report On Pension Funding Rules [05/31/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Default Judgment Restoring Assets To Pay Retirement Benefits to Employees of Minn. Company [05/27/05]
Labor Department Sues Officer of Michigan Business To Restore Lost Interest to Company’s 401(k) Plan [05/26/05]
U.S. Labor Department Seeks Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned Wilmington 401 (k) Plan [05/25/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Court Order Restoring Benefits to Participants of Hillsborough, N.C., Company’s 401(k) Plan [05/24/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues To Restore Nearly $5 Million To Cherry Hill Union Benefit Plan Participants [05/16/05]
Labor Department Official Commends SEC for Report On Pension Consultant Conflicts of Interest [05/16/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues to Protect 401(k) Assets For Employees of Bankrupt Portland Company [05/12/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues to Recover for Workers More Than $1 Million in 401(k) Assets Transferred to Michigan Employer [05/11/05]
U.S. Labor Department Extends Annual Reports Deadline After Severe Storms Hit New Jersey [05/09/05]
U.S. Labor Department Extends Annual Reports Deadline After Severe Storms Hit New York [05/09/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Judgment Requiring Former President of Nashville Leasing Firm to Restore More Than $46,000 to Health Plan [05/02/05]

April

Labor Department Obtains Judgment Ordering Trustee to Restore Money To Illinois 401(k) and Health Plans [04/29/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Judgment to Restore Delinquent Employee Contributions to Carmel, Indiana 401(k) and Health Plans [04/28/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Defunct Richmond, Virginia, Company Over 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan Violations [04/27/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Court Order Restoring More Than $61,500 to Former Gaston, South Carolina, Company’s 401(k) Plan [04/27/05]
U.S. Department of Labor Bars Pennsylvania Man from Serving as Employee Benefit Plan Fiduciary [04/27/05]
Assistant Secretary of Labor Ann L. Combs Visits Kansas City to Highlight President's Plan for Retirement Security [04/22/05]
ERISA Advisory Council to Hold First Meeting of 2005 [04/19/05]
Regional Director Named to Head Dallas Federal Pension Agency [04/13/05]
Bankrupt Alabama Firm and Executive Sued Over Delinquent 401(k) Employee Contributions [04/12/05]
Labor Department Sponsors Workshop on Complying With Federal Pension and Health Law [04/07/05]
President of New York Corporation Indicted For Embezzlement And Mail Fraud [04/06/05]
Labor Department Obtains Judgment Restoring More than $28,000 To Kentucky 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan [04/06/05]
Regional Director Named To Head Kansas City Federal Pension Agency [04/05/05]
Labor Department Proposes Expansion of Voluntary Compliance Program [04/05/05]
Labor Department Settles Lawsuit With Bronx, N.Y. Carpenters Union Local Over Misuse of Benefit Plan Assets [04/04/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues to Recover Over $94,000 in Employee Stock Ownership Plan Assets For Employees of Defunct Post Falls, Idaho, Company [04/01/05]
Labor Department Files Suit To Restore Delinquent Contributions to Monroe, Michigan, 401(k) Plan [04/01/05]

March

Northern New Hampshire Women’s Health, Pension and Employment Rights Focus of May 18 Conference in Whitefield [03/31/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Defunct Georgia Construction Firm Over Delinquent 401(k) Contributions [03/30/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Settlement with Solon, Ohio, Auto Parts Company to Restore Funds to Workers’ Retirement Program [03/29/05]
Labor Department Sues Trustee of Pennsylvania 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan for Imprudent Investments [03/24/05]
U.S. Department of Labor Sues Alabama Company and Executive For Misusing More Than $1 Million in Pension Assets [03/23/05]
Labor Department Obtains $4.3 Million Settlement for Plans Invested With Oregon Investment Manager [03/23/05]
Labor Department Sponsors Seattle Workshop On Federal Pension Law [03/21/05]
Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned New York 401(k) Plan [03/21/05]
Labor Department Sues Corona Web Design Firm for Employees’ 401(k) Funds [03/17/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Judgment Restoring Nearly $48,000 to Moore Communications 401(k) Plan [03/17/05]
Labor Department Restores More Than $11,000 to Defunct Charleston Company’s Health Plan [03/17/05]
Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao On Passage of Association Health Plan Legislation in House of Representatives [03/16/05]
Labor Department Names Clisham to Head Regional Pension and Health Benefits Office [03/11/05]
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Appoints 2005 ERISA Advisory Council and Leadership Posts [03/10/05]
Labor Department Proposes Rules To Help Workers In Abandoned 401(k) Plans [03/09/05]
Labor Department Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee On Administration’s Pension Reform Proposal [03/01/05]

February

U.S. Labor Department Seeks Independent Fiduciary For Abondoned New Jersey 401(k) Savings & Profit Sharing Plan [02/28/05]
U.S. Labor Department Settlement Restores $12,500 To Florida Company's 401(k) Plan [02/28/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Diamond Bar Mortgage Lender to Protect Employees’ 401(k) Contributions [02/23/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Settlement With Owners of North Carolina Trucking Company Over Delinquent Plan Contributions [02/23/05]
Labor Department Obtains Judgment Restoring $435,876 in Assets To Puerto Rican Union Health and Welfare Plan [02/18/05]
Labor Department Sues Georgia Construction Firm and Owner To Recover Delinquent Employee Contributions [02/17/05]
Labor Department Obtains Judgment Requiring D.C. Insurance Broker to Restore More Than $950,000 to Clients’ Employee Benefit Plans [02/16/05]
Former Plan Official Sentenced For Embezzlement From Union Health Plan [02/16/05]
Labor Department Sues Menasha, Wisconsin Business and President To Restore Delinquent Contributions to IRA Plan [02/15/05]
U.S. Labor Department Extends Annual Reports Deadline After Severe Storms and Flooding Hit California [02/14/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Bankrupt Delaware Firm and Executive Over Delinquent Employee Contributions [02/10/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Bay Area Firm to Protect Employees’ 401(k) Contributions [02/08/05]
Labor Department Proposes Rules on Notices Relating to Funding Status of Multiemployer Pension Plans [02/03/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Trustees of West Virginia 401(k) Plan Over Delinquent Contributions [02/02/05]
Labor Department Protects Employee Health Premium Payments Against Bankruptcy Claims with Default Judgment [02/02/05]
Labor Department Obtains Judgment Restoring Assets to Minneapolis 401(k) Plan [02/01/05]

January

U.S. Labor Department Extends Annual Reports Deadline After Severe Winter Storms Hit Indiana [01/28/05]
Labor Department Obtains Settlement with California Company of 401(k) Plan Reporting Violations [01/26/05]
U.S. Labor Department Obtains Agreement with Fremont, California Firm Restoring Employees’ 401(k) Assets [01/25/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues President of Nashville Leasing Firm Over Misuse of Health Plan Assets [01/25/05]
U.S. Labor Department Sues Westwood, Massachusetts Resident to Restore Funds to Defunct Company’s Pension Plan [01/19/05]
Labor Department Sues Chicago Metallurgical and Profit Sharing Plan Trustee For Failure to Make Employer Contributions to Plan [01/12/05]
Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned Colorado 401(k) Plan [01/05/05]
Labor Department Sues to Distribute More Than $600,000 To Participants of Abandoned 401(k) Plan of Defunct Indianapolis Company [01/05/05]
Court Rules Indiana Marketing Firm and Executives Must Restore Losses to Health Plan [01/05/05]