Compliance | October 22nd, 2021 Another Lawsuit Challenges Plan’s Use of Asset Allocation Service Among other things, the plaintiffs allege the GoalMaker service disfavored funds in the plan’s investment menu that did not pay...
Compliance | October 20th, 2021 Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Take Up Case Against CalSavers They say ERISA pre-empts the state-run retirement program, therefore invalidating it, but that argument has been previously rejected by both...
Compliance | October 20th, 2021 Parties in Church Plan Lawsuit Finally Get Preliminary Approval of Settlement A judge found the interests of a subclass of terminated, vested participants were adequately protected in a newly proposed settlement.
Compliance | October 19th, 2021 Judge Finds Separation Agreement Precludes ERISA Suit A court found the terms of the agreement were broad enough to reject the plaintiff’s argument that he should be...
Compliance | October 15th, 2021 Latest ERISA Fee Lawsuit Targets Deloitte The plaintiffs suggest that two sizeable Deloitte retirement plans should have been able to negotiate a recordkeeping cost in the...
Compliance | October 14th, 2021 Aon Wins Lawsuit Over Investments in Lowe’s Cos. 401(k) A judge found Aon didn’t violate ERISA when encouraging Lowe’s to change the plan’s investment menu or by selecting and...
Compliance | October 13th, 2021 New Complaint Targets TIAA’s Managed Account Rollovers Earlier this year, the firm settled similar charges from the SEC and the New York attorney general accusing it of...
Compliance | October 7th, 2021 TriHealth ERISA Dispute Dismissed While the size and structure of retirement plans are relevant to the reasonableness of the administrative fees they pay, similarly...
Compliance | October 6th, 2021 DOL’s ESOP Valuation Case Against Engineering Firm Falls Flat The court notes that the ESOP trustees, while accepting a price very close to what the sellers were seeking, saved...
Compliance | October 5th, 2021 Appellate Court Rejects Use of Segal Blend in Calculating Withdrawal Liability Because appellate court decisions carry weight with lower courts in a circuit, the ruling could increase the risk for multiemployer...
Compliance | October 1st, 2021 Long-Running AT&T ERISA Dispute Sees Summary Dismissal The court concluded that the defendants present extensive evidence that they acted prudently in monitoring the plan’s recordkeeping expenses.
Compliance | September 30th, 2021 Allstate ERISA Lawsuit Clears Dismissal Motions The text of the ruling includes detailed analysis of what it takes for ERISA plaintiffs to prove standing under Article...
Compliance | September 30th, 2021 Court Rules in Favor of Prudential in ERISA Dispute The detailed dismissal ruling engages in an analysis of all five counts included in the plaintiff’s amended complaint, in each...
Compliance | September 24th, 2021 Northern Trust Added as Defendant in AutoZone ERISA Lawsuit Northern Trust is accused of giving AutoZone bad direction regarding investments in Prudential’s GoalMaker solution, allegedly due to a conflict...
Compliance | September 24th, 2021 Insurance Agents Charged With Duping California Educators Into Reinvesting Retirement Money The owner of a 403(b) plan administration firm and another insurance agent allegedly convinced educators to roll retirement plan money...
Compliance | September 21st, 2021 Guam Sued for USERRA Violations The Justice Department alleges that military employees who used ‘donated leave’ to avoid losing pay were denied pension contributions and...
Compliance | September 20th, 2021 Another Excessive Fee Lawsuit Beats Dismissal Motions The ruling rejects the defense’s dismissal motions and includes a detailed analysis of what is required for ERISA plaintiffs to...
Compliance | September 20th, 2021 Plan Fiduciaries Can’t Escape Lawsuit Over Investment in Aon CITs Duty of prudence and prohibited transaction claims will move forward against the Centerra Group plan fiduciaries and Aon Hewitt, which...
Compliance | September 17th, 2021 Nvidia ERISA Lawsuit Dismissed With Leave to Amend Though the order shows support for the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding their Constitutional standing to sue their employer for alleged retirement...
Compliance | September 9th, 2021 DuPont Plan Participants Claim Arbitrary Interpretation Reduced Their Pension Benefits The complaint says Corteva Inc.’s ‘sleight of hand’ when determining when to label employees that were part of a spinoff...