Compliance | July 14th, 2021 Voya Reaches Confidential Settlement in Excessive Recordkeeping Fee Suit A judge previously dismissed claims related to excessive recordkeeping fees but let stand a claim related to providing ‘false and...
Compliance | July 14th, 2021 Koch Industries Lawsuit Settlement Includes Recordkeeper Search The memorandum in support of the settlement agreement says the plaintiffs in the case want to avoid the risk that...
Compliance | July 13th, 2021 Worker Misclassification Alleged in ERISA Lawsuit A man who worked for Yum! Brands for 25 years says he was denied retirement and other benefits because the...
Compliance | July 9th, 2021 Land O’Lakes Lawsuit Stayed for Mediation The judge in the fiduciary breach lawsuit has approved a joint motion to stay the proceedings while the parties engaged...
Compliance | July 7th, 2021 Participants Suing T. Rowe Price Denied Interlocutory Appeal on Document Issue Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the financial firm wanted an appellate court to weigh in on whether a document mandating...
Compliance | July 6th, 2021 Appellate Court Sees No Need to Force RFP Process The court also concluded that because Banner Health and its recordkeeper had no prior relationship and their service arrangement was...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2021 Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Question About Plausible Claims in Excessive Fee Cases The high court granted a writ of certiorari requested by plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Northwestern University over fees in...
Compliance | June 28th, 2021 Participant in Pennsylvania’s School System Plan Sues Investment Consultants Teachers hired after 2011 are part of a variable benefit plan design, in which they have to pay more into...
Compliance | June 24th, 2021 Transamerica Agrees to Settle ERISA Suit The settlement agreement includes both a $5.4 million payment and non-monetary relief.
Compliance | June 24th, 2021 Court Finds Executive Made a Valid Claim for SERP Benefits A judge found that an email requesting information about obtaining benefits constituted a ‘written request’ as required by the plan...
Compliance | June 23rd, 2021 Judge Agrees Pension Communication Was Not Clear A former participant in DuPont’s DB plan claimed that confusing benefit statements caused him to miss out on years of...
Compliance | June 16th, 2021 MetLife Actuarial Equivalence ERISA Lawsuit Can Proceed A district court has ruled that plaintiffs have raised sufficient factual questions to make preliminary dismissal of their challenge inappropriate—though...
Compliance | June 16th, 2021 Board Defendants Escape ERISA Excessive Fee Lawsuit Claims in a lawsuit against Konica Minolta were significantly pared down and all claims against the company’s board were dismissed...
Compliance | June 15th, 2021 Benefit Plan Fiduciaries and Service Providers Anticipating New Litigation Risks Experts say COVID-19 could open the door to new a new category of ERISA lawsuits.
Compliance | June 11th, 2021 Rush of Litigation Against Retirement Plans Expected to Continue One insurer says the more than $1 billion in settlements thus far could make fiduciary insurance a thing of the...
Compliance | June 11th, 2021 Generac Power Systems New Target of ERISA Excessive Fee Suit As with similar litigation, the company’s 401(k) plan fiduciaries are accused of failing to take measures to ensure reasonable recordkeeping...
Compliance | June 10th, 2021 Jumbo 403(b) Plan Hit With Excessive Fee Suit Fiduciaries of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center plan are accused of failing to ensure reasonable investment fees and...
Compliance | June 10th, 2021 ‘Down Market’ ERISA Suit Nets $1.8M Settlement CDI Corp. admits no wrongdoing in the settlement agreement, which closely resembles settlements reached in other excessive fee suits, apart...
Compliance | June 9th, 2021 Estee Lauder Excessive Fee Suit Moves Forward A federal judge said he would explain the reasons he denied the defendants' motion to dismiss during a pre-trial conference...
Compliance | June 9th, 2021 Client Claims Self-Dealing by Russell Investments The complaint seeks to tie alleged business challenges that were being experienced by Russell Investments with the choices made by...