Tag: ERISA

The Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans was prepared by the IRS as a quick reference tool for certain basic reporting and disclosure requirements under ERISA...

The new leadership at Department of Labor has published the rulemaking through which it hopes to delay the strict conflict of interest rules championed by the previous administration...

The long-running fight over the fiduciary rule took another (symbolic) step forward this week—but still there is little clarity as to what may unfold prior to the first...

The underlying stock drop litigation had already seen multiple rulings from a New York district court and the 2nd Circuit. 

Federal agencies and initiatives carry significant momentum and must be redirected carefully, but forcefully, by any incoming president.

Speakers from the DOL will discuss basic fiduciary do’s and don’ts associated with operating an employer-sponsored retirement plan. 

Whoever takes on the role of DOL Secretary will be tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the forthcoming fiduciary rule reforms. 

A look at the retirement plan run by CKE Restaurants offers some food for thought about why the company's CEO, Andrew Puzder, backed away from the post of...

The plaintiff argues she was improperly fired to prevent her from fully vesting in pension and retirees healthcare benefits. 

A Texas district court judge has rejected industry arguments that the DOL exceeded its authority in crafting the forthcoming fiduciary rule—what this spells for the regulation’s future under...

A participant who drew four loans from a retirement account over the years argues her provider inappropriately kept portions of interest payments that should have been credited back...

The Trump White House has clearly tried to label itself as pro-business, but the effort to halt the fiduciary rule has so far injected more confusion than clarity...

Of course, this review could lead to a delay in, or even halt of, implementation of the rule.

More than half of Americans believe the Trump administration will have an impact on their retirement savings strategies.

Plaintiffs from the Caterpillar retirement plan feel the price paid for advice was too high and was not transparently tied to the level of service delivered. 

“If there were any doubt about the best interpretation of the church-plan definition, it would be resolved by the position adopted and consistently applied by the IRS, DOL,...

Defendants unsuccessfully argued that the breach of fiduciary claims should be dismissed because they fulfilled their duties by offering an array of investment options.

A lawsuit filed against JP Morgan Chase in New York levels a series of allegations that are by now very familiar to retirement industry professionals. 

According to both district and appellate court rulings, the ESOP fiduciaries knowingly offered the employer stock at an inflated price. 

Conflicting media reports have started to circulate, some to the effect that a delay of the DOL fiduciary rule has already been effectuated—others that are more skeptical this...