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Fraud Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Fraud That Is Matt Hutcheson

I’ve been in the retirement plan business for 27 years, and during that time, I’ve seen the best and the worst it has to offer. But without a doubt, the most despicable person I’ve encountered is Matt Hutcheson. Matt paraded...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - March 2025

The March Monthly Minute brings you three recent case updates addressing 401(k) forfeiture utilization, TPA responsibility for recovering self-insured plan’s fraudulently paid claims, and continued PBM litigation in the wake...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - October 4, 2024

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in 15 cases: Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Solutions, No. 23-971: This case concerns the intersection between Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41, which...more

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Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - April 2024 - 2

Securities and Exchange Commission. Cryptocurrency regulation. On April 23, 2024, two groups representing the cryptocurrency industry sued SEC over its expanded dealer definition announced earlier this year. The Blockchain...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - November 2023

Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Mental Health Parity Guidance Creates More Work, Cost, and Risk for Plan Sponsors

Guidance on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (the "MHPAEA") recently released by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the "Departments") proposes significant requirements for...more

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The State AG Report – 3.23.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Kia and Hyundai Urged by Bipartisan Coalition of AGs to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOL Ups Its Game on Cybersecurity Program Oversight, Begins Audit Initiative

In light of a new DOL audit initiative and increasing cybersecurity threats to ERISA benefit plans, ERISA plan sponsors and fiduciaries should be prepared to answer some important questions: Do the cybersecurity programs of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Key Supreme Court Cases From the 2019-20 Term and a Look Ahead to the 2020-21 Term

On September 23, 2020, a panel of Skadden attorneys hosted a webinar entitled “Key Supreme Court Cases From the 2019-20 Term and a Look Ahead to the 2020-21 Term.” Panelists Julie Bédard, Boris Bershteyn, Jocelyn E. Strauber...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

New Lawsuit Alleges Fiduciary Breaches by Plan Sponsor and Recordkeeper for Quarter Million Dollar Cybertheft

Brief Takeaway - As a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), plan sponsors and service providers across the country are bracing for a flurry of participant activity with respect to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Insurers, ERISA Plans and Other Payors: Beware of COVID-19 Fraud Schemes!

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On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”) issued an alert to the public about fraud schemes related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more

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If Your Retirement Plan Holds Employer Securities, Keep an Eye on the Jander Case

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“Employer securities” in retirement plans have been the source of a significant amount of litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In general, “employer securities” are...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Remands “Stock Drop” Case Back to Second Circuit

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The United States Supreme Court, in a per curiam decision, declined to address whether plan participants sufficiently alleged breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as...more

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Supreme Court Opinion Sheds No Light on Elusive Stock-Drop Pleading Standard

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In January, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165, a case that promised to clarify the pleading standard applicable to ERISA stock-drop cases. But...more

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Supreme Court Vacates & Remands Plaintiff-Friendly Ruling in IBM “Stock Drop” Litigation

Brief Takeaway:  Plan sponsors that offer employer stock in their benefit plans can breathe a sigh of relief, as the Supreme Court vacated one of the only plaintiff-friendly rulings in ERISA “stock drop” litigation.  ...more

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E is for ERISA, That’s Good Enough for Me: Supreme Court remands IBM v. Jander back to Second Circuit

The United States Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion on Tuesday in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v Jander, punting back to the court of appeals the determination of whether plan fiduciaries can be liable under...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander

On January 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165, remanding the case to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether to address the views of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Declines To Rule on ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Pleading Standard for ESOP Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court today in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165 (2020) (per curiam), declined to resolve questions about the pleading standard for a breach of fiduciary duty claim against fiduciaries...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Edward Jones Forks over $3 million in 401(k) lawsuit

Edward Jones is going to pay $3.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging they were using investments in the 401(k) plan to enrich themselves....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Comments on Fiduciary Duty in ERISA Plan Management

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini commented on a putative ERISA class action case brought against several banks and their affiliates alleging breach of fiduciary duty or for knowing participation in prohibited...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

When The Fiduciary Warranty is Dangerous

I don’t pull any punches, so I have certainly written many articles about plan providers issuing something called a fiduciary warranty, that is free and doesn’t protect the plan sponsor from almost any liability because plan...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 9, Issue 4

TRIBUNAL REMANDS $100 MILLION SALES TAX REFUND CASE TO ALJ - After the New York State Appellate Division reversed the Tax Appeals Tribunal’s earlier decision denying a sales tax refund of over $100 million, the Tax...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Vantage defaults in first case decision

It didn’t take long for the first decision in a lawsuit against vantage Benefits and its owners when they defaulted. A default judgment was handed down by Judge David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

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Benefits Litigation Update – Spring 2017

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Welcome to the Spring edition of Benefits Litigation Update, brought to you by The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the law firm Epstein Becker & Green. As a new Congress, and a new executive branch, work on major...more

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Double-Breasted Company Owners, Officers Can Be Indicted for Underpaying Benefit Contributions

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held in September that the shareholders and officers of a double-breasted construction company can be indicted and could go to prison if the government proves they...more

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