The next wave of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation could be upon us, depending on the outcome of four new lawsuits bringing untested legal arguments about the reasonableness of actuarial assumptions....more
A ubiquitous presence in the federal courts, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) regulates the administration of employee pension and welfare plans — otherwise defined as plans that provide employees...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a final regulation to delay implementation of the Fiduciary Rule from April 10, 2017, until June 9, 2017. In addition to the 60-day delay, the final regulation eases certain...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule that could delay the applicability date of the Fiduciary Rule from April 10, 2017, until June 9, 2017. It is too early to know whether the proposed rule will become...more
After years of debate and speculation, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final package of rules to regulate individuals and entities that provide investment advice to retirement plans and IRA investors. The DOL’s...more