Tag: retirement plan litigation

The firm has successfully argued that it is entitled to negotiate and collect revenue-sharing fees from mutual fund companies in exchange for representation on its FundsNetwork platform.

Allegations in the lawsuit, which has now cleared Rockwell’s dismissal motion, echo those filed in other lawsuits challenging the actuarial assumptions used by pension plan sponsors to value...

The most recent national employer named in a mortality data lawsuit is the United Parcel Service (UPS), which is facing allegations very similar to those filed against MetLife,...

UPS is not the first national employer to be accused of using outdated mortality tables and interest rate estimates in order to shortchange certain pension beneficiaries.

A federal judge found Voya is a fiduciary with respect to the 404a-5 participant fee disclosures it provides for the retirement plan in which the plaintiff participates.

The original lawsuit accuses Principal Financial Group of violating ERISA by setting the crediting rate for a guaranteed investment contract (GIC) such that it can “retain unreasonably large...

A federal court has ruled that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s lawsuit against CBIZ should not be dismissed as a matter of summary judgment.

After 15 years of litigation, a new ruling has been filed in the case by the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, remanding the case once again to...

The lawsuit resembles many others that have been filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), suggesting an employer permitted excessive recordkeeping and mutual fund fees in...

More than six years of litigation have preceded the announcement of a proposed settlement agreement in Hunter v. Berkshire Hathaway.

The court says “actuarial equivalence” may be a term of art, but it is in fact left undefined by the federal statutes governing pension plans.

The Shell Oil Company, several of its executives and multiple business units of Fidelity are all named as co-defendants in a complex fiduciary breach lawsuit filed in Texas. 

Repeating a number of excessive fee lawsuits filed, the complaint says the defendants did not try to “reduce the plan’s expenses or exercise appropriate judgment to scrutinize each investment...

The plaintiff in the case asked the court to to answer “whether Dudenhoeffer’s ‘context-sensitive scrutiny of a complaint’s allegations’ can be met where a court" makes certain presumptions.

Fund mismanagement, excessive recordkeeping fees and improper fees to Financial Engines were among allegations in the original complaint.

A court disagreed with plaintiffs that CIGNA was not following orders when calculating remedies in the case, and the court has now denied a review of that decision.

Putnam had asked the high court whether the plaintiff or the defendant bears the burden of proof on loss causation under ERISA to determine “whether showing that particular...

The plaintiffs say defendants failed to utilize the lowest cost share class for many of the mutual funds within the plan, and failed to consider collective trusts, commingled...

A judge previously found eliminating ESOP participants’ right to invest in company stock is not a violation of ERISA’s anti-cutback provisions, but forcing participants with balances greater than...

403(b) plan sponsors need help understanding their fiduciary duties, reviewing plan investment lineups and benchmarking fees.