Compliance February 19th, 2026 Health Care System Settles Forfeiture Case for $42.7M More than $21 million currently held in Providence Health & Services’ forfeiture accounts will be distributed to plan participants.
Compliance February 10th, 2026 District Court Allows 401(k) Forfeiture Case to Go to Trial The district judge denied a motion to dismiss claims that Illinois Tool Works and its plan fiduciaries had breached their...
Compliance February 2nd, 2026 DOL Backs Employers Again, Escalates Warning in Forfeiture Cases The Department of Labor’s fourth amicus brief sided with employers, saying the decision on how to use retirement plan forfeitures...
Compliance January 27th, 2026 Third DOL Amicus Brief Sides With Employers Once again, the DOL argues that choosing how to allocate forfeitures cannot constitute a fiduciary breach under the Employee Retirement...
Compliance January 26th, 2026 RTX 401(k) Forfeiture Complaint Dismissed The dismissal continues a string of legal victories for employers.
Compliance December 8th, 2025 401(k) Forfeiture Case Against Northrup Grumman Dismissed A federal judge ruled that the company did not breach its fiduciary duties by using 401(k) plan forfeitures to offset...
Compliance December 2nd, 2025 Joint Amicus Brief Backs Dismissal of 401(k) Forfeiture Complaint Against Wells Fargo The ERISA Industry Committee and its coalition said that the IRS has consistently taken the position that forfeitures can be...
Compliance November 24th, 2025 AT&T ERISA Complaint Dismissed by Federal Judge Plaintiffs accused AT&T of using 401(k) plan forfeitures to offset company contributions, but the judge ruled that AT&T’s actions followed decades...
Compliance November 17th, 2025 Fidelity, Centene Face ERISA Suit for Excessive Fees, Misused Forfeitures Fidelity is accused of creating a conflict of interest by having its affiliates serve as trustee and investment advisers to...
Compliance November 14th, 2025 ERISA Case Against WPP Group USA Dismissed A federal judge dismissed a complaint accusing WPP Group USA of misusing employee forfeitures to offset company costs rather than...
Compliance October 15th, 2025 Former Employees Accuse Duke of Misusing Forfeitures Former employees allege that Duke University chose not to use forfeited funds to reduce retirement plan expenses, even though contributions...
Compliance September 29th, 2025 Capital One Settles Plan Forfeiture Case Like similar cases, Capital One was accused of mismanaging its 401(k) plan by using plan forfeitures to reduce contributions.
Compliance September 23rd, 2025 Forfeiture Complaint Against WillScot Dismissed An Arizona judge dismissed all but one of the claims in a 401(k) plan forfeiture complaint against WillScot Holdings Corp.
Compliance August 21st, 2025 Plaintiffs Appeal 401(k) Forfeiture Case Against Honeywell A day after a federal district court dismissed a 401(k)-plan forfeiture complaint suit against plan sponsor Honeywell International, plaintiffs appealed...
Compliance August 15th, 2025 District Court Denies Bank of America’s Motion to Dismiss 401(k) Forfeitures Case U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn Jr. rejected Bank of America’s argument that its decisions were made in a “settlor capacity”...
Compliance August 14th, 2025 District Court Rules ERISA Claims Against Amentum, DynCorp Can Proceed The government contractors are facing excessive-fee allegations, but a federal judge dismissed complaints about their improper use of forfeitures.
Compliance August 5th, 2025 Lawsuit Against Siemens Over Forfeiture Use Dismissed The complaint, filed last year, alleged Siemens violated ERISA by using forfeitures “in its own interest,” rather than in the...
Compliance July 25th, 2025 Plan Forfeiture Complaint Filed Against Aldi Tries New Allegation Filing after the Department of Labor’s amicus brief in a similar case, Illinois plaintiffs allege that the grocery company violated...
Compliance July 11th, 2025 DOL Files Amicus Brief in Support of Companies in 401(k) Plan Forfeiture Complaints In filing an amicus brief to an appeal involving HP Inc., the Department of Labor offered guidance on an issue...
Compliance June 24th, 2025 401(k) Forfeiture Complaint Against Wells Fargo Dismissed The District of Minnesota ruling, released June 18, closely resembled the dismissal of an ERISA complaint against J.P. Morgan on...