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Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will publish a notice in the December 7, 2006, Federal Register announcing the availability of the 2006 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs). Plan administrators may use EBSA’s online filing system to expedite processing of the form.

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Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced publication of two “requests for information” (RFI) to assist the department in implementing the investment advice statutory exemption under the Pension Protection Act (PPA) relating to 401(k)-type plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The RFIs are to be published in the December 4, 2006 Federal Register.

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Des Moines, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI), Des Moines, Iowa, for retaining all the proceeds from a stock distribution by Principal Mutual Insurance Co. that was based on employee benefit plan premiums paid to the insurer by employers participating in the association and their employees. Approximately 1,500 employers are members of the trade association.

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Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today announced publication of a model notice that may be used by employee benefit plans that elect to be treated as a multiemployer plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Providence, Rhode Island - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order appointing two independent fiduciaries to manage the abandoned pension plan originally sponsored by Providence, Rhode Island-based Arnold Kilberg & Company (AK&C) and owner Arnold Kilberg.

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Cincinnati - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment appointing an independent trustee to manage the 401(k) plan of Cincinnati Armature Works Inc. The trustee will terminate the plan and distribute its assets to eligible plan participants.

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Baltimore - The U.S. Labor Department has sued the King Tile Co., Baltimore, Maryland, for failing to administer and terminate the company’s 401(k) plan so that assets could be distributed to plan participants.

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St. George, Utah - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with the president of St. George, Utah-based Marketing Solutions International Inc. (MSI) restoring $17,161.76 in assets and interest owed to the company’s 401(k) plan.

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Atlanta - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced court orders appointing M. Larry Lefoldt of Ridgeland, Mississippi, to manage and terminate the 401(k) plan of Computer Consulting Services Co. in Atlanta and ordering the plan’s trustee to cooperate in transferring plan management to the independent fiduciary.

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Sacramento, California - “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a compliance assistance seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), will take place in Sacramento, December 5 at the Red Lion Hotel Sacramento, 1401 Arden Way.

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Denver - A free health law compliance assistance seminar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Colorado Division of Insurance, will take place December 6-7 in Denver at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, 1550 Court Place.

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Milwaukee - “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a compliance assistance seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), will take place in Brookfield, Wisconsin, November 8 at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield, 375 South Moorland Road.

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Philadelphia - “Why Go Broke? – Retirement Planning for the 21^st Century Worker” will take place November 15 and 16 to give Philadelphia-area workers and families the opportunity to discuss retirement-related questions with federal government experts and plan for a secure retirement.

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Atlanta - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a District of Columbia lawyer for his participation in the improper transfer of the assets of two pension plans sponsored by bankrupt SCT Yarns Inc. headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Springfield, Massachusetts - The U.S. Department of Labor has petitioned the federal bankruptcy court in Springfield to release 401(k) plan contributions withheld from the paychecks of employees of bankrupt N&B Express Inc. from the company’s bankruptcy estate.

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Lansing, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Allen Christian and Peggy Christian, officers of Omnitec Architectural Specialties, Inc., Lansing, Michigan, for failing to forward employee contributions to the company’s pension plan and to segregate the plan contributions from the general operating assets of the company.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced adoption of a final class exemption expanding the opportunities for securities lending between employee benefit pension plans, banks and broker-dealers.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to obtain court appointment of an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned 401(k) profit sharing plan of the Mineola, New York-based Hagedorn Actuarial Services Inc. The suit also seeks to distribute more than $48,000 in plan assets to eligible participants and beneficiaries.