Settlement Reached with Couple that Lost Millions in Profit-Sharing Plan
The pair will pay more than $2 million to settle claims they invested assets in companies in which they had significant financial interest and in ways that would personally benefit them.
DOL Sues Couple, Alleges They Lost Millions in Profit-Sharing Plan
A prominent New Jersey couple faces allegations that they invested plan assets in companies in which they had significant financial interest and in ways that would personally benefit them.
Midsize Plan Claims Self-Dealing by Russell Investments
The same attorney that is representing employees of Caesars Entertainment in a self-dealing lawsuit filed in May against Russell Investments has signed onto a similar case put forward by participants in Royal Caribbean Cruises’ retirement plan.
State Street Sees Self-Dealing Allegations in ERISA Lawsuit
Participants in the State Street Salary Savings Program say their employer has engaged in self-dealing within the retirement savings plans.
Russell Investments Draws Self-Dealing Scrutiny
Plaintiffs in a new ERISA lawsuit say Caesars Entertainment allowed Russell Investments to pack its plan with proprietary investment options, to the disadvantage of plan participant outcomes.
Principal Life Insurance Co. Named In Self-Dealing ERISA Suit
Related self-dealing claims made against other national financial services providers by participants in their own retirement plans have met varying degrees of success.
Another Self-Dealing ERISA Fiduciary Breach Lawsuit Filed
The lead plaintiff in the suit says her employer, a large financial services company, has inappropriately prioritized its own investments within a profit sharing retirement plan offered to employees.
Legislative and Judicial Actions
Plaintiffs’ Attorney in Thole v. U.S. Bank Predicts Victory in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will weigh in on the question of whether an adequately funded pension that is not in immediate danger of insolvency could have wronged participants and breached ERISA in the selection of poorly performing investments offered by an affiliate company.
Parties Propose Settlement on Eve of Eaton Vance ERISA Hearing
The lawsuit accuses Eaton Vance defendants of unlawful self-dealing with respect to a company retirement plan, in violation of ERISA and to the detriment of participants and beneficiaries.
Court Refuses to Dismiss Mutual of Omaha Self-Dealing Suit
The decision against Mutual of Omaha’s preliminary motions to dismiss a self-dealing lawsuit underscores the way district court judges tend to allow for discovery in ERISA matters, given the complex and often secretive nature of the facts and circumstances in question.
Transamerica Faces Familiar Allegations in ERISA Complaint
Similar to a lawsuit the firm settled a few years ago, a newly filed district court complaint says Transamerica “saddled its defined contribution plan participants with substandard investment portfolios that were managed by an affiliate.”