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ESOPs for Cannabis Companies

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Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have been used as a business succession strategy by employers across many industries. In the cannabis industry, ESOPs have come and gone and come again as a trendy topic promising to fix...more

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Failure To Identify Specific Viable Alternative Action Dooms Stock Drop Claim

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The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of an ERISA employer-stock drop putative class action, holding that the plaintiff’s failure to identify specific, viable alternative actions that plan fiduciaries should have...more

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Target Date Funds: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

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Eight years ago, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued “tips” for retirement plan fiduciaries to consider when selecting and monitoring target date retirement funds (“TDFs”). At the time, the DOL noted that TDFs were...more

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IBM Files Petition for Certiorari in ERISA Duty of Prudence Breach Claim

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Last week, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) sought Supreme Court review of a Second Circuit decision favoring retirement plan participants claiming the plan’s fiduciaries breached their duty of prudence in failing...more

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Recent Plan Fiduciary Victories in ERISA Single-Stock Fund Litigation

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Even with these victories, continuing risks remain for plan fiduciaries. Over the last few months, there have been a significant number of court decisions ruling against plaintiffs alleging ERISA breach of fiduciary claims...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Seeks Solicitor General’s Input on Co-fiduciary Indemnification

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the government’s views on a petition for certiorari asking the Court to decide whether ERISA permits a cause of action for...more

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Solicitor General Urges Supreme Court to Address Plan Investment in Company Stock

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The U.S. government, through a brief submitted by the Solicitor General, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider clarifying when a plaintiff may state a claim against plan fiduciaries for the continued holding of...more

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