Compliance | April 10th, 2024 DOL Requests Approval of Settlement in Pennsylvania Mushroom Farm Case The action would appoint an independent administrator and distribute assets to the profit-sharing plan’s participants.
Compliance | April 3rd, 2024 DOL Alleges Profit-Sharing Plan Fiduciaries Took Retirement Plan Assets The Department of Labor alleges the plan fiduciaries at a tree service company used retirement assets from a profit-sharing plan...
Compliance | September 6th, 2023 DOL Sues Firm for Pocketing Participants’ 401(k) Assets The Department of Labor sued Minnesota technology consultant Virtual Matrix after an investigation found fiduciaries of the profit-sharing plan permitted...
Compliance | February 22nd, 2023 Construction Company Lawsuit Targets Its Retirement Plan Providers The lawsuit filed by Martone Construction claims its retirement plan providers ignored requested investment trades and claimed that trading was...
Compliance | January 11th, 2023 International Clinical Laboratory Company Faces 401(k) Lawsuit Quest Diagnostics’ 401(k) profit sharing is the target of a new retirement plan lawsuit alleging excessive fees for investments.
Compliance | October 5th, 2022 Metro Bank Founder, Wife Reach Settlement with DOL over Profit-Sharing Plan Losses Vernon and Shirley Hill will pay more than $2 million after claims the couple invested as much as 70% of...
Compliance | September 6th, 2022 Metro Bank Founder, Wife Sued by DOL Over Profit-Sharing Plan Losses The lawsuit suggests Vernon and Shirley Hill invested as much as 70% of a profit-sharing plan’s assets in the stock...
Compliance | April 21st, 2020 Lawsuit Challenges Conservative Investment of Profit Sharing Plan Assets Denying a motion to dismiss the suit, a judge pointed out the difference between it and others cited by the...
Data and Research | December 11th, 2018 401(k) Plan Sponsors Enhancing Plan Design The availability of Roth contributions has doubled in the last decade, and more plan sponsors are using a default deferral...
Data and Research | February 13th, 2018 Plan Sponsors Pushing Boundaries of Auto Features In 2016, 40.2% of plan sponsors surveyed by the PSCA used a default rate for auto enrollment greater than 6%.
Compliance | September 19th, 2017 Voya Sued for Charging Excessive Fees to Small Retirement Plan A lawsuit alleges that asset-based fees led to the plan paying $1,819 per participant for recordkeeping services in 2015.