Ask the Experts | March 28th, 2023 Is Change Coming for 403(b) Plan 5500 Filings? Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
Compliance | March 23rd, 2023 Live Nation Faces Excessive Fee Lawsuit Participants claim that Live Nation offered higher-cost share classes for its 401(k) plan when identical, cheaper options were available.
Deals and People | March 17th, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves Franklin Templeton appoints Dean R. Sackett III to managing director of government affairs; Hall Benefits Law adds Alex Bruckner; National...
Compliance | March 15th, 2023 LinkedIn Settles 401(k) Excessive Fee Complaint for $6.75 Million The social media company has agreed to pay participants in a class action case who alleged it did not shop...
Compliance | March 7th, 2023 DOL Appoints 5 New Members to the ERISA Advisory Council The new members represent accounting, insurance and the interests of employers, employees and the general public.
Compliance | February 10th, 2023 SECURE 2.0 RMD Change Could Cause Trouble in States With Certain Unclaimed Property Laws Kentucky, Maine, Colorado and Nevada will have to update their escheatment laws or take the risk of unjustly taking over...
Compliance | February 9th, 2023 Judge Dismisses TDF Complaint Against Microsoft Microsoft has been spared one of a string of lawsuits against plan sponsors over putting retirement savers in a BlackRock...
Compliance | February 2nd, 2023 ERISA Case Against Dish Network Likely to be Dismissed A federal magistrate judge found that the plaintiffs did not adequately state a claim of excessive fees.
Compliance | January 17th, 2023 Deloitte Vindicated in Excessive Fee Dismissal An ERISA suit filed in 2021 alleged that Deloitte did not monitor the fees being charged to its 401(k) plan.
Ask the Experts | January 17th, 2023 Should We Continue to Refer to Our 403(b) Plan by an Outdated Name? Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
Compliance | January 5th, 2023 Texas Area Counseling Service Found Exempt from 403(b) ERISA Requirements The service was found to be in a legal safe harbor, but the case continues against the plan adviser.
Compliance | January 4th, 2023 California Food Processing Firm Sued for Alleged ERISA Violations Participants of a retirement plan sponsored by Ventura Foods allege that Ventura’s mismanagement cost their retirement savings significantly.
Compliance | December 29th, 2022 403(b) Plans Will Continue to Act More Like 401(k)s with SECURE 2.0 Changes Plan sponsors offering 403(b) plans may be able to operate them more like 401(k)s after SECURE 2.0, according to experts.
Compliance | December 21st, 2022 Molina, flexPATH ERISA Suit Continues, But Adviser NFP Dropped A federal judge is allowing a plaintiff’s lawsuit against plan sponsor Molina Healthcare and TDF provider flexPATH to continue, but...
Compliance | December 13th, 2022 2023 ERISA Plan Compliance Calendar A schedule to help plan sponsors track important due dates for their plan
Compliance | December 8th, 2022 ERISA Suits Against Capital One and Booz Allen Hamilton Dismissed The attorney for the plaintiffs says they will likely amend their lawsuits and re-submit after dismissal in U.S. District Court.
Compliance | November 28th, 2022 New DOL Proposal Would Allow Fiduciaries to Self-Correct Certain Errors If certain conditions are met, the proposal would allow fiduciaries to correct mistakes themselves without incurring a civil penalty.
Compliance | November 23rd, 2022 ESG Is Now Permissible, But Not Required, Under ERISA The DOL rule is designed to reduce legal uncertainty and obstacles to ESG investment.
Compliance | November 22nd, 2022 Judge Sides with Nestlé In Request to Dismiss 401(k) Class Action Suit Judge recommends dismissal of a class action lawsuit brought by a participant against Nestlé with accusations of unnecesarily high fees...
Compliance | November 16th, 2022 Juniper Agrees to Settle ERISA Suit for $3 million The network hardware firm agreed to an ERISA settlement totaling $3 million to dismiss claims of fiduciary breach.