Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Boston – Trustees of defunct VikinGlobal Corp. of Warren, Rhode Island, have agreed to administer the company’s abandoned 401(k) plan to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Costello Forensic Accounting P.C. and its auditors resolving the department lawsuit alleging the Chattanooga, Tennessee accounting firm violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement agreement requiring defunct BDH Clinical Research Services Inc., Rougemont, North Carolina, and its former president to restore $22,921 to the retirement accounts of four former employees.

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Indianapolis – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Technengineering Services Inc., Fishers, Indiana, for failure to properly administer the company’s 401(k) plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will sponsor “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a free compliance assistance seminar, on July 1 at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel.

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Springfield, Missouri – A free workshop will be sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to help employers understand their fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The workshop will take place on May 22 from 8 a.m. to noon CDT at St. John’s Hospital, Hammons Heart Institute Auditorium, 1325 E. Cherokee Street, in Springfield.

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Columbia, Maryland – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment removing National Management Systems LLC of Columbia and its owner, William Ray Miller II, as fiduciaries to the company’s pension plan, and permanently barring them from serving as fiduciaries to any employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in the future.

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

The workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon EDT at the Renaissance Atlanta Downtown Hotel, 590 West Peachtree Street N.W. One-on-one consultations will be available after the workshop, from noon to 1 p.m.

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

Grand Rapids, Michigan – The federal district court in Grand Rapids has granted a consent judgment to the U.S. Department of Labor that allows for recovery of approximately $25,000 in 401(k) plan assets and interest owed to the Michigan Air Control Distributing Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in Grand Rapids.

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

San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold two free workshops June 9 and 19 in Southern California to help employers, benefit professionals and others comply with federal employee benefits law.

The June 9 workshop will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. PDT at the Marriott Courtyard Foothill Ranch Irvine Spectrum, 27492 Portola Parkway in Foothill Ranch.

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

Cleveland – The U.S. Department of Labor today obtained consent orders requiring trustees of the Cleveland-based Sheet Metal Workers Local 33 Pension Plan to restore $625,000 to the plan, pay a $125,000 civil penalty, and institute controls and reforms over future investments made by the plan. The court order resolves a lawsuit involving risky investments authorized by the trustees with Capital Consultants LLC of Portland, Oregon.

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

Xenia, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced that a Greene County grand jury in Xenia has indicted Julie Anders on two counts of theft of employee benefit assets from the retirement plan of the local company Quality Caulking Inc.

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

Boston – David M. Hirsch, owner and president of Adventure World Inc. in Shirley, Massachusetts, has agreed to restore $5,856 to the company’s 401(k) plan to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging he violated his duty as a trustee under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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

Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is the first place winner of the General Services Administration’s annual citizen service award in recognition of its exceptional customer service to the American public. The award was announced recently during the Interagency Resources Management Conference.

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

Denver – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will sponsor “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a free compliance assistance seminar, on June 10 at the Embassy Suites Denver Southeast.

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

Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host a free web cast May 8 to help employers and plan administrators understand and comply with the Form 5500 Series reporting requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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

Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a judgment permanently barring a District of Columbia lawyer from providing advice or services to any benefit plan covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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

Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced publication of technical corrections to the final regulation on qualified default investment alternatives along with guidance to clarify the scope and meaning of the final rule.

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

Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a second order of civil contempt against Gary Hochberg after a federal district court in Miami found that he failed to pay $75,000 to the Gary M. Hochberg CLU Insurance Agency Inc. Assumed Benefit Plan. The court ordered the defendant to be incarcerated until he complies with the order to pay $75,000. The next hearing is April 29.

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

Arlington, Virginia – A free health law compliance assistance seminar for employers, plan fiduciaries and plan service providers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Virginia Department of Insurance, will take place May 14 and 15 at the Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Drive in Arlington, Virginia.