Maryland asks federal appeals court to reinstate Wal-Mart health care law
Maryland's solicitor general urged the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Thursday to overturn a district court decision striking down Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act . The law...
Skilling reaches settlement agreement in Labor Department civil lawsuit
The US Department of Labor announced a settlement agreement Thursday with former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling , concluding the DOL's civil suit against him. The agreement provides that...
President Bush on Thursday signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006 , which he called the "most sweeping reform" of US pension law since the enactment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
Seventh Circuit rules IBM cash-balance pension plan not age discrimination
IBM did not discriminate against older workers by adopting a cash-balance pension plan, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday. A unanimous three-judge panel reversed a 2003 district court decision [PDF...
Federal judge strikes down Maryland Wal-Mart health care law
A federal district court judge in Maryland on Wednesday struck down Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act , aimed at forcing Wal-Mart to adequately support the health care needs of its employees. The law would have required...
