Tag: retirement plan litigation

Among other things, the lawsuit accuses defendants of selecting funds that that had no performance history that could form the basis of a fiduciary’s objective decision-making process.

Plaintiffs say the choice of underlying investments in funds using BOK’s CIT structure, as well as the use of BOK’s proprietary money market fund, were to benefit the...

More than a decade of litigation ends in a $29 million settlement agreement.

Like so many other large U.S. employers, Salesforce is accused of failing to take advantage of the lowest cost share class available for many of the mutual funds...

In addition to a payment of $3,470,000.00, Invesco agrees to add non-proprietary ETFs to its 401(k) plans' SDBA.

The defense says the lawsuit should be dismissed because the plaintiffs’ theory of liability is ‘antithetical to the discretion afforded to ERISA plan fiduciaries in designing a 401(k)...

After multiple restatements of the complaint and a previous order curtailing some of the plaintiffs’ claims, CenturyLink has emerged victorious.

According to the complaint, an unknown person or persons stole a participant’s retirement savings by withdrawing a total of $99,000 in three separate unauthorized distributions from her account...

Retirement plan fiduciaries at the specialty chemical company are accused of failing to take advantage of the lowest cost share class for many of the mutual funds offered...

The self-dealing lawsuit suggests the firm failed to monitor or control the plan’s administrative expenses, allegedly costing the plan millions of dollars in excessive administrative fees.

The proposed settlement agreement includes non-monetary provisions restricting the 401(k) plan’s recordkeeper from cross-selling retail financial products and services to participants

ERISA attorneys are grappling with the potential implications of the Supreme Court’s new ruling in Intel vs. Sulyma; some are speculating the growing use of electronic delivery methods...

The lawsuit says for at least 18 of the 27 mutual fund share classes available within The Vail Corporation plan, the same issuer offered a different share class...

The new ruling is being hailed as a victory for retirement plan participants as well as a potentially important precedent-setting case impacting the special three-year statute of limitations...

The high court decided that a court in Puerto Rico had no jurisdiction to order the seizure of property from Catholic entities in order to fulfill a court...

The plaintiffs allege Hilton is not using an elapsed time method dictated by a prior court decision.

The Department of Labor brought the underlying case and has argued successfully in opposition to the defendants’ dismissal motion, which has now been denied.

Retirees sued for denial of benefits, claiming Delta was wrong to offset their pension payments by a workers' compensation settlement they received.

They have filed a motion to have the plaintiffs' attorneys disqualified.