News & Analysis as of August 20, 2025

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Executive Order Seeks to Expand Access to Crypto and Private Investments in Defined-Contribution Plans

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/14/2025

On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the Order) instructing federal agencies to expand access to alternative asset investments for participants in defined-contribution retirement plans such as 401(k)...more

2023 Year-End Employee Benefits Updates

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/16/2023

This newsletter provides updates employers should be aware of heading into 2024, including an outline of the updated 2024 retirement and welfare plan limits, instructions related to the “gag order” attestation requirements...more

DOL Warns 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries about Cryptocurrency Investments

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/23/2022

Investments in Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are becoming more and more mainstream. Driven by outrageous returns, and presenting outrageous volatility and risk, both traditional institutional and individual...more

DOL Begins Audit of Retirement Plans for Cybersecurity Shortfalls

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/15/2021

To increase protections for the estimated $9.3 trillion in American retirement assets, the Department of Labor (DOL) has begun a new cybersecurity audit initiative for retirement plans. After providing its first set of...more

Musings Of Retirement Plan Fiduciaries On Cybersecurity: Episode One

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/15/2021

By now, plan fiduciaries and their service providers likely have heard about the DOL’s cybersecurity guidance. The Department of Labor’s stepping into cybersecurity in this way – a posting of best practices on the agency’s...more

DOL Finally Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Retirement Plans

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 4/20/2021

On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) finally issued first-ever guidance for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, record keepers and plan participants on best...more

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