Amber Ward

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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Reducing Exposure to 401(k) Plan Class Action Litigation

Steering board members clear of being named plan fiduciaries is a start. Most board members don’t want to become 401(k) plan fiduciaries....more

9/6/2019 / 401k , Benefit Plan Sponsors , Class Action , Compensation Committee , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Employer Liability Issues , Fiduciary , Plan Administrators , Retirement Plan , Risk Management

Supreme Court Ruling Heightens Pressure on Fiduciaries to Monitor 401(k) Plan Investments

On May 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in Tibble et al. v. Edison International et al., No. 13-550 (S. Ct. May 18, 2015) that ordinary principles of trust law impose on ERISA fiduciaries a duty to continually...more

5/26/2015 / 401k , Benefit Plan Sponsors , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Fiduciary Duty , Popular , Retirement Plan , SCOTUS , Statute of Limitations , Tibble v Edison Int

DOL’s Proposed Prohibited Transaction Exemption: Best Interest Contracts

This is the second in a series of client advisories regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s re-proposed regulations (Proposed Rule) defining who is a fiduciary under ERISA and the Code as a result of providing investment...more

5/12/2015 / Benefit Plan Sponsors , Best Interest Contract Exemptions , Covered Transactions , Department of Labor (DOL) , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Fiduciary Duty , Internal Revenue Code (IRC) , Investment Adviser , Proposed Regulation

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