The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently released a final regulation (the “Fiduciary Rule”) redefining “investment advice” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and section 4975 of...more
November 18, 2022, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a number of changes to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (“VFCP”) in both an update of VFCP and related guidance....more
On September 6, 2022, the Department of Labor (the “Department”) published an Interpretive Bulletin entitled “Independence of Employee Benefit Plan Accountants” (the “Bulletin” or “IB 2022-01”) superseding previous guidance...more
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On December 30, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2021-03 (“FAB 2021-03”). FAB 2021-03 announces the DOL’s temporary enforcement policy for group health plan service...more
As we discussed in our earlier summary, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260 (“CAA”), signed into law by the President on December 27, 2020, imposed new compensation disclosure requirements upon...more
The Department of Labor (“DOL”), Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”), and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) recently released a notice of proposed revisions to the Form 5500...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260 (“CAA”), signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020, imposes new compensation disclosure requirements upon brokers and consultants to group health...more
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a final rule in the Federal Register on May 27th that establishes a new electronic disclosure safe harbor. ...more
Less than seven months following its proposal, DOL has finalized a new safe harbor regulation governing the use of electronic media for furnishing participant-level disclosures required by Title I of ERISA. The new safe...more
5/22/2020
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On April 28th, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”), together with the Department of the Treasury, issued helpful guidance for retirement plans that extends certain...more
On April 16th, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) received the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) long anticipated final regulation updating and modernizing the rules for using electronic media to furnish ERISA-required...more
Several highly publicized lawsuits were brought against the Fidelity organization in 2019 in connection with Fidelity’s receipt of “infrastructure fees” from mutual fund families and other investment providers made available...more
3/3/2020
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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”), the largest package of retirement system reforms in over a decade, was enacted on December 20, 2019. Many of the provisions in the...more
1/23/2020
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