Compliance September 3rd, 2026 CGI Sued for 401(k) Fund Underperformance Plaintiffs claim the plan lost $168 million because the employer maintained a fund that persistently underperformed and experienced mass outflows.
Compliance September 1st, 2026 ERIC Backs Dismissal of WPP Forfeiture Suit The employer advocacy group argued in an amicus brief that WPP made a lawful choice using unvested funds to offset...
Data & Research August 31st, 2026 PBGC Updates 4 Categories of Interest Rates in August Pension plans and multiemployer plans use the heightened rates for valuation and funding purposes.
Compliance August 19th, 2026 Circuit Court Rules Royal Caribbean ERISA Suit Does Not Need ‘Apples-to-Apples’ Benchmarks The decision that a lower court applied an overly rigid benchmark standard in assessing fiduciary imprudence could have broad implications...
Compliance August 18th, 2026 District Judge Lets Some ERISA Claims Against Independence Administrators Stand The food and facilities services company Aramark alleges its third-party health-plan administrator breached fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions...
Compliance August 17th, 2026 District Judge Finds ‘Meaningful’ Benchmark in 3M ERISA Case The judge rules that the amended complaint plausibly alleged target-date fund underperformance relative to Fidelity Freedom TDFs.
Compliance August 5th, 2026 District Judge Narrows Ruling Against AT&T Brokerage-Window Fees Retirement industry groups argued that the original decision could question the compliance of almost every defined contribution plan that offers...
Compliance August 4th, 2026 Schlichter Bogard Settles ADP ERISA Lawsuit for $48M The ADP fiduciary committee will review its retirement plan’s target-date funds as part of the settlement.
Compliance July 29th, 2026 District Judge Dismisses PRT Suit Against ATI Like several other pro-employer pension risk transfer rulings, the judge said the plaintiffs lack standing to sue as they continued...
Compliance July 27th, 2026 DOL Amicus Brief Supports Dismissal of SAS Plan Forfeiture Suit This is the department’s latest brief supporting employers whose use of forfeited, unvested 401(k) matching contributions has been challenged.
Compliance July 21st, 2026 ERIC Files Brief Backing Dismissal of Pepsi’s Tobacco Surcharge Case The ERISA Industry Committee argues that if a circuit court allows for the case to process, it would discourage the...
Compliance July 17th, 2026 Plan Fiduciary Had Alleged Affair With Adviser, Now Faces ERISA Charges Separate from her divorce proceedings, the plan fiduciary is accused of losing $2 million in investments in her 401(k) and...
Compliance July 16th, 2026 Treasury, IRS Hear Case for Trump Account Auto-Enrollment Speakers at a public hearing argued that reducing enrollment barriers and leveraging state programs could expand access to the new...
Compliance July 15th, 2026 Retirement Industry Groups Want Northop Grumman’s Forfeitures Case Dismissed The amicus brief filed by employer and business groups argues that the company’s retirement plan grants administrators discretion in allocating...
Compliance July 14th, 2026 AT&T Seeks to Settle Pension Class-Action Lawsuit for $184M Pending district court approval, the agreement would conclude an ERISA case accusing the company of reducing pension payments.
Compliance July 10th, 2026 DOL, American Benefits Council Back Intel in ERISA Case Amicus briefs by the Department of Labor and the employer group warned the Supreme Court to not allow lawsuits under...
Compliance July 7th, 2026 Intel Urges SCOTUS to Use ‘Apples-to-Apples’ Benchmark in ERISA Case The company argues that claims of underperformance should be judged against a meaningful, comparable benchmark.
Compliance July 2nd, 2026 Parsons Corp. Sued for Alleged $28M Losses in 401(k) Plan The Virginia lawsuit claims that plan fiduciaries kept a Nuveen fund that consistently trailed the S&P 500 for years.
Compliance June 26th, 2026 UnitedHealth 401(k) Plan Forfeiture Lawsuit to Continue The insurer and healthcare company, which is accused of fiduciary breaches, lost a motion in federal court to dismiss a...
Compliance June 23rd, 2026 Pharmaceutical Trade Group Files Lawsuits to Block State Laws on PBMs Illinois and Tennessee’s separate laws allegedly interfere with governance by ERISA, according to the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.