Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by.

Benefits professionals have significant communication challenges in breaking through the years of misinformation and mistrust out there, to try to explain a complex (and poorly written) health care law to a hostile public.

More than 30 lawsuits have been filed against 401(k) plan sponsors in the past few years, leaving little doubt that the retirement field remains strewn with legal landmines.