‘Pressured’ early retiree can’t get comp 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 9, 2010
Tags: retirement, unemployment compensation
An unemployment compensation claimant was not entitled to a continuation of benefits based on allegations she was “pressured” into accepting early retirement, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Employees to receive $16 million in settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: October 29, 2010
Tags: Alabama, retirement
Ala. employees who relied on a deferred compensation plan from Nationwide Retirement Solutions will receive $16 million in a settlement of lawsuits over millions in fees that were paid to a lobbying group for state workers.
Voluntary retirement doesn’t terminate alimony
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: November 11, 2009
Tags: alimony, retirement
Voluntary retirement at or beyond the customary age of sixty-five doesn’t create a presumption that alimony owed by the retiring spouse should be terminated, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled.
Obama confirms Souter’s retirement
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 1, 2009
Tags: David Souter, Obama, retirement, Supreme Court
It’s official: Supreme Court Justice David Souter has announced his intention to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court.
After speaking on the phone with the justice Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama interrupted the daily White House press briefing to comment on Souter’s pending departure.
Reports: Supreme Court Justice David Souter to retire
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 30, 2009
Tags: David Souter, Obama, retirement, Supreme Court
Justice David Souter will retire from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, several media outlets have reported .
Souter’s departure will give President Barack Obama the opportunity to make his first appointment to the high court.
EMPLOYMENT
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: March 10, 2009
Tags: pregnancy discrimination, retirement
Does an employer violate the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act when, in calculating current retirement benefits, it fails to award full credit for pregnancy leave taken before the effective date of the Act?
U.S. Supreme Court. AT&T v. Hulteen, No. 07-543. Certiorari granted June 23, 2008. Ruling below: 481 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2007).
Not the retiring type: Lawyers fight back against mandatory retirement policies
By:
Dick Dahl
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: 20 things, employment, retirement
For a variety of reasons, law firms are changing their thinking about retirement policies.
Increasingly, partners are staying on after they turn 65, 70, and even older.
Some of them, however, are encountering problems with established law firm policies that specify an age by which they must retire.
Longer life spans alter estate planning
By:
Dick Dahl
Published: January 1, 2007
Tags: estate planning, retirement
As the life expectancy for Americans lengthens and the country grows grayer, trusts and estates lawyers say they’re seeing the demographic impact in the world of estate planning.
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