Compliance | May 6th, 2019 Appellate Court Revives UPenn 403(b) Lawsuit However, in a dissenting opinion, Senior Judge Jane Richards Roth says cases such as this one should be carefully scrutinized...
Compliance | April 26th, 2019 Appellate Court Affirms City National’s Liability in Self-Dealing Suit However, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did remand back to a district court the calculation of interest on...
Compliance | April 23rd, 2019 Settlement Details Provided in Vanderbilt 403(b) Plan Lawsuit Aside from monetary relief, the settlement calls for Vanderbilt to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a new recordkeeper...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2019 Multiemployer 401(k) Plan Settles Excessive Fee Suit The union plan’s board of trustees has agreed to pay $8.75 million and issue a request for proposals for recordkeeping...
Data and Research | April 10th, 2019 Partial Bundling Overtakes Full Bundling for Retirement Plan Services Particularly in the small- and mid-sized plan segments, industry analysts tend to agree that the prevalence of partially bundled plans...
Compliance | April 9th, 2019 Details of Settlement of Anthem Fee Suit Revealed In addition to a $23.6 million payment, the settlement agreement includes additional terms relating to a review of investment options...
Compliance | April 3rd, 2019 Court Orders Briefing in George Washington University ERISA Suit The question in the lawsuit, according to a federal judge, is whether the plaintiff has standing to sue, for one,...
Compliance | March 20th, 2019 Fidelity Faces Second Lawsuit Over Undisclosed Payment Scheme Fidelity is accused of charging an illegal and undisclosed pay-to-play fee that Fidelity extracts from investment companies that wish to...
Compliance | March 12th, 2019 Judge Rules ERISA Equitable Remedy Cases Have No Right to Jury Trial A federal judge made this decision in allowing Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s motion to strike plaintiffs’ demand for a jury...
Data and Research | February 25th, 2019 401(k) Plan Costs Continue to Decrease While total plan costs have declined for most plan sizes, the latest 401k Averages Book continues to show smaller plans...
Compliance | February 22nd, 2019 Fidelity Charged With ‘Secret’ Payment Scheme in Violation of ERISA A lawsuit contends that kickback payments Fidelity requires from investment funds bear no relationship to the cost or value of...
Compliance | February 22nd, 2019 Parties Reach Settlement Agreement in Anthem 401(k) Excessive Fee Case The case is notable for arguing that an investment that had only a 4 basis point annual fee could have...
Compliance | February 1st, 2019 Anthem 401(k) Fiduciaries Denied Summary Judgment in Fee Case A federal judge found that the plaintiffs provided more than enough evidence to support excessive fee claims, noting that, “Plaintiffs...
Compliance | January 24th, 2019 University of Rochester Excessive Fee Suit Voluntarily Dismissed According to the complaint, TIAA has been able to extract “grossly excessive fees” because its fees are tethered not to...
Administration | January 18th, 2019 DC Plan Sponsors Increasing Focus on Fees Callan’s 2019 Defined Contribution (DC) Trends Survey finds more plan sponsors have conducted fee benchmarking, there’s a shift in who...
Compliance | January 17th, 2019 Details Available About Duke University 403(b) Lawsuits Settlement The settlement agreement calls for a gross monetary payment of $10.65 million to a settlement fund and other non-monetary actions...
Compliance | December 26th, 2018 Chevron Plaintiffs Make One More Attempt to Win ERISA Challenge In a case that alleges, among other things, that defendants breached their ERISA duties by offering a money market fund...
Compliance | December 12th, 2018 Case Against ‘Small’ 401(k) Plan Settled The case against the $500 million 401(k) plan was also settled for a “small” amount—$500,000.
Compliance | December 12th, 2018 $3M Settlement Reached in Edward Jones Self-Dealing Lawsuit After a complex set of motions and rulings, the parties have now opted to settle the ERISA self-dealing lawsuit rather...
Compliance | December 10th, 2018 Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Chevron ERISA Lawsuit The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the facts alleged are insufficient to support a plausible inference of...