Compliance | November 18th, 2024 Capital One Faces Latest 401(k) Forfeiture Lawsuit The banking company has been accused of using forfeited funds for its own benefit by funding future employer contributions.
Compliance | October 30th, 2024 Coca-Cola Southwest Faces Lawsuit Over Forfeitures, Target-Date Funds The soda distributor was accused of offering a suite of ‘underperforming’ target-date funds in its 401(k) plan, as well as...
Compliance | October 24th, 2024 Judge Dismisses Pfizer 401(k) Plan Fee Lawsuit The pharmaceutical company was accused of charging unreasonable recordkeeping and administrative fees in a complaint filed last year.
Compliance | October 22nd, 2024 6th Circuit Revives Kellogg Excessive Fee Case Over Arbitration Clause Dispute The appeals court ruled that a Michigan district court wrongly dismissed the lawsuit in April 2023 in favor of arbitration.
Compliance | October 11th, 2024 Parties in Pentegra MEP Lawsuit Decline Presence of Advisory Jury at Upcoming Trial A final pretrial conference for the case is scheduled for November 26.
Compliance | September 24th, 2024 Federal Court in California Grants Dismissal of Thermo Fisher 401(k) Forfeiture Suit A participant in Thermo Fisher’s 401(k) plan accused the employer and its pension committee of violating ERISA by using forfeited...
Compliance | August 30th, 2024 Home Depot Sued Over Use of Plan Forfeitures The home improvement retailer is the latest company accused of using forfeited 401(k) funds for its own benefit, instead of...
Compliance | August 29th, 2024 DOL Supports Retirees’ Appeal to Revive Lawsuit Against IBM The Department of Labor backed an appeal by IBM retirees to reopen a lawsuit against the firm for allegedly using...
Compliance | June 25th, 2024 PNC Wins ERISA 401(k) Excessive-Fee Lawsuit A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that an expert witness to the plaintiffs was unreliable, dismissing the argument that the plan...
Compliance | May 1st, 2024 Alcoa Corp. Faces Lawsuit Over PRT Deal with Athene This is the third case that law firm Schlichter Bogard LLP has brought against a company following a pension risk...
Compliance | March 19th, 2024 AT&T Faces 2nd Lawsuit Over PRT Deal; Utility Motion to Dismiss Rejected In two separate cases, AT&T is once again a target for a pension risk transfer it conducted with Athene, and...
Compliance | March 13th, 2024 AT&T Sued Over 2023 Pension Risk Transfer with Athene Annuity and Life Retirees alleged that AT&T shifted its pension responsibilities for 96,000 participants to a ‘risky’ insurance company, according to the lawsuit.
Compliance | January 22nd, 2024 DOL Suit Retires Maine Excavator’s 401(k) Plan Maine federal judge approves agreement reached between the Department of Labor and a Maine excavation company that was shuttered in...
Compliance | October 10th, 2023 GE Agrees to Pay Record $61M to Settle 401(k) Lawsuit The settlement is considered the ‘largest ever’ in a lawsuit alleging mismanagement of a retirement plan’s in-house funds, according to...
Compliance | October 9th, 2023 Complaints Allege Improper Use of 401(k) Plan Forfeitures Plan fiduciaries were accused of fiduciary breaches for using plan forfeitures to offset future employer contributions, but ERISA experts would...
Benefits | August 4th, 2023 RTX Corp. Sued for Denying Beneficiary Long-Term Disability Benefits The aerospace and defense contractor was sued for allegedly failing to pay required long-term disability benefits to a disabled former...
Compliance | June 14th, 2023 ERISA Lawsuit Against Advance Publications Dismissed, Pending Amended Complaint A federal judge dismissed all counts in the suit brought by a former 401(k) plan participant, but the plaintiff may...
Compliance | June 6th, 2023 Car Parts Manufacturer Magna Denied 401(k) Lawsuit Exit A federal judge in Michigan allowed the lawsuit against Magna International to go forward while denying one of the defendants’...
Compliance | April 9th, 2023 New Hughes v. Northwestern Decision Could Mean More Litigation The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals finds reason to move two of three motions forward after Supreme Court review.